Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should re…

Oscar Wilde
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Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1899). The Importance of Being Earnest, p.10
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Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1899). The Importance of Being Earnest, p.10

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