The supreme virtue in art is soul, perhaps it is the only thing which gives it the right to be.
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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
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Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin a bloody man, vicious a coarse man, vulgar.
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No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
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Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
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