Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowa…

Oscar Wilde
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Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. ✨ The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 4 (1891). In Wilde's play LadyWindermere's Fan, act 3 (1892), Lord Darlington replies to the question What is a cynic?: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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