« Rien n’est aussi dangereux que d’être trop moderne. On risque de devenir tout à coup vieux jeu. »

Oscar Wilde – Un mari idéal (1895)

LADY MARKBY. [Reflecting.] « You are remarkably modern, Mabel. A little too modern, perhaps. Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern. One is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly. I have known many instances of it »