Yet Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves, By Each Let This Be Heard, Some Do It With A Bitter Look, Some With A Flattering Word, The Coward Does It With A Kiss, The Brave Man With A Sword!

Yet Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves, By Each Let This Be Heard, Some Do It With A Bitter Look, Some With A Flattering Word, The Coward Does It With A Kiss, The Brave Man With A Sword!

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Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

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