To regret oneโs own experiences is to arrest oneโs own development. To deny oneโs own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of oneโs own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.
Oscar WildeIn fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
Oscar Wilde