To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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Your rank and wealth, Harry; my brains, such as they are - my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray's good looks - we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly.Oscar Wilde
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Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.
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