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"Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon."

"A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure."

"Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology."

"I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system."

"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."
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"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

"Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims."

"As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things."
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