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> [“What is done is done. What is past is past." "You call yesterday the past?" "What has the actual lapse of time got to do with it? It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-is-done-is-done-what-is-past-is-past-you-call-yesterday-the-past/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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