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"The art of pleasing is the art of deception."
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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."
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"I see my life in terms of music."
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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
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"She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir."
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"The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics."
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"History develops, art stands still."
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"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."
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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."
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"The claims I'm making for art are simply the claims that we naturally make around music or around poetry. We're much more relaxed around those art forms. We're willing to ask, 'How could this find a place in my heart?'"
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"Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself."
Virtue
"The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature."
Nature
"Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something."
People
"If people did not compliment one another there would be little society."
Society
"Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good."
People
"The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources."
Achievement
"Emotions have taught mankind to reason."
Emotional
"When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected."
Thought
"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather."
Mankind
"Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them."
Men
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