"Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay."
— Oscar Wilde

January 1, 1970

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Oscar Wilde
Original Language: English
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German: "Ach, heutzutage sind wir alle so verarmt, dass das einzige, was wir geben können, Komplimente sind."

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Lord Darlington, Act I

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Lord Darlington, Act I