One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognise the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.
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It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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It is always the unreadable that occurs.
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