Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over t…

Oscar Wilde
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Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written. ✨ Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, Epistola : in carcere et vinculis, p.305, Oxford University Press on Demand
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