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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1891
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1891
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Oscar Wilde
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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 19.

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