Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. ✨ Edith Wh…

Edith Wharton
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Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. ✨ Edith Wharton (2015). The Age of Innocence, p.161, Xist Publishing
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