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A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.

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The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

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Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.

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All criticism is a form of autobiography

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For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce.

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Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.

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Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.

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Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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The weather is entrancing, but in my heart there is no sun.

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Action is limited and relative. Unlimited and absolute is the vision of him who sits at ease and watches, who walks in loneliness and dreams.

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Every woman is a rebel.

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

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The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

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The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.

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The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.

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To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

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