As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the de — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the de — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the de — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the de — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the de — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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As for being poisoned by a book, there is no such thing as that. Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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