And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead …

Oscar Wilde
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And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics), p.165, Diversion Books
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And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics), p.165, Diversion Books

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