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The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper...
Author:
Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth
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The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use; but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.
( Edith Wharton )
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