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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.

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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.

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But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.

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We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.

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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

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Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.

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I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

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The final mystery is oneself... Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul.

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An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

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All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.

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A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

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I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.

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Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.

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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.

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Only good questions deserve good answers.

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