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We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.
Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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- Oscar Wilde
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- Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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