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An editorial Jan. 5 with the headline “Experience Over Hope” mistakenly attributed to Oscar Wilde the line that second marriages are the “triumph of hope over experience.” He may have said it, but Boswell reports Samuel Johnson said it first.
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An editorial Jan. 5 with the headline “Experience Over Hope” mistakenly attributed to Oscar Wilde the line that second marriages are the “triumph of hope over experience.” He may have said it, but Boswell reports Samuel Johnson said it first.


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