Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to…

Oscar Wilde
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Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the veil was drawn away. Sometimes this was the effect of art, and chiefly of the art of literature, which dealt immediately with the passions and the intellect. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). The Essential Oscar Wilde, p.119, Simon and Schuster
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