If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockb — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockb — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockb — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockb — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockb — Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbroker's do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

— Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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