To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. —Oscar Wilde
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

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Merry from Indianapolis IN APRIL 3, 2019
Enjoying simplicity
Anonymous OCTOBER 17, 2018
Tolive is the rarest thing in the world. Most peopel exist that all.
Edilandio from Brasil OCTOBER 27, 2015
What does it mean to live? Does it mean simply to exist? I guess Oscar Wilde speaks about one's aspiration, desire to live and to create, wanting to do more than move on from one day to the next, and the fact that many people settle in a routine and refuse to get out of it. This is my point of view.
anonymous from miami, fl OCTOBER 25, 2015
this is so beautiful.

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