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Oliver Herford

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

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

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

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"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

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"The proper stuff of fiction does not exist everything is the proper stuff of fiction every feeling every thought every quality of brain and spirit is drawn upon no perception comes amiss. And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her as well as honour and love her for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured."

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"Be an artist in everything you do."

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"I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed."

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"The writing of somemenis like a vast bridgethat carries youoverthe many thingsthat claw and tear.The Wine of Forever."

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"Music gives life to the soul."

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"In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up."

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"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

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"Age, like distance lends a double charm."
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"Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings."
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"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet."
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"A man is known by the silence he keeps."
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"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan."
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"Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."
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