"Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Art, Science, Creation

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Art, Limitations, Thinking

"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Truth, Critics, Authors

"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Art, History

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Art, Life, Time, Creation

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Art, Husband, Job

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Art, Happiness, Philosophy, Values

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Art, Poetry, Love, Emotion, Expression

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Art, Poetry, Perception, Vision

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from."

Boston

"A man is known by the silence he keeps."

Man

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often."

Man

"Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember."

Sex

"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan."

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"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well."

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

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

"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."

"History develops, art stands still."

"We are all artists painting our desires on the canvas of life and time."

"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

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"When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from."

"A man is known by the silence he keeps."

"A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often."

"Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember."

"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan."

"A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well."

"Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings."

"Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."

"There is always room at the top - after the investigation."

"Age, like distance lends a double charm."