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One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.

Source: Lord Illingworth, in A Woman of No Importance, act 1. Lord Henry uttered similar sentiments in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 19 (1891).
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16 1856-1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist; He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., The Importance of Being Ernest, 1895.

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