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" For each man kills the thing he loves yet each man does not die
he does not die a death of shame on a day of dark disgrace
nor have a noose about his neck, nor a cloth upon his face
nor drop feet foremost through the floor into an empty space
He does not sit with silent men who watch him night and day
Who watch him when he tries to weep and when he tries to pray
Who watch him lest himself should rob the prison of its prey "

Oscar Wilde , The Ballad of Reading Gaol


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Oscar Wilde quote : For each man kills the thing he loves yet each man does not die<br />he does not die a death of shame on a day of dark disgrace<br />nor have a noose about his neck, nor a cloth upon his face<br />nor drop feet foremost through the floor into an empty space<br />He does not sit with silent men who watch him night and day<br />Who watch him when he tries to weep and when he tries to pray<br />Who watch him lest himself should rob the prison of its prey