Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fa…

Oscar Wilde
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Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly. ✨ 1895 Lord Mark by. An Ideal Husband, act 2.
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