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1  No one can, except sentimentalists.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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2  But I don't like scenes, except on the stage.
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3  But he always made an exception in favour of Dorian Gray.
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4  "I don't desire to change anything in England except the weather," he answered.
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5  "I can sympathize with everything except suffering," said Lord Henry, shrugging his shoulders.
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6  But there is no literary public in England for anything except newspapers, primers, and encyclopaedias.
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7  To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
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8  In politics he was a Tory, except when the Tories were in office, during which period he roundly abused them for being a pack of Radicals.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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9  Because," said Lord Henry, passing beneath his nostrils the gilt trellis of an open vinaigrette box, "one can survive everything nowadays except that.
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10  The sweep and dash of the brush on the canvas made the only sound that broke the stillness, except when, now and then, Hallward stepped back to look at his work from a distance.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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