"The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society."

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"The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society."

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"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."

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Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

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"The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

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"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?""

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

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"Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists."

Paul Kane, English Writer

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"Queen of arts and daughter of heaven."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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

Oliver Herford, American Author

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"There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love."

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"Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent."

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"Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life."

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"When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws."

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"One must not hope to be more than one can be."

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