A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through wha…

Edith Wharton
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A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. ✨ Edith Wharton, Janet Beer (2002). The House of Mirth, p.15, Wordsworth Editions
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