To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one…

Oscar Wilde
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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated), p.1670, Delphi Classics
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The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, p.93, Wordsworth Editions
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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated), p.1670, Delphi Classics

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