Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can…

Oscar Wilde
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Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2004). The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings, p.319, Penguin
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