Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cur…

Oscar Wilde
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Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.171, Wordsworth Editions
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Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.171, Wordsworth Editions

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