It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
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It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us. Our weakest motives were those of whose nature we were conscious. It often happened that when we thought we were experimenting on others we were really experimenting on ourselves.
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Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
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