A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton
A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton
A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton
A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton
A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys. — Edith Wharton
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A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.

— Edith Wharton
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