The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of…

Oscar Wilde
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The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics), p.23, Diversion Books
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The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics), p.23, Diversion Books

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