Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in a…

Oscar Wilde
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Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2015). The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly), p.50, Mondial
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