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Oliver Goldsmith

"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."

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"Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw."

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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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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

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"It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore."

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"Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests."

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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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"The crushed teapot in the rubbish of the bulldozed house will sing in your ears forever."

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"History develops, art stands still."

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