Trivial things Quote by Oscar Wilde

He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or…

— Oscar Wilde

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“The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father…

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