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We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Do you spell it with a “V” or a “W”?’ inquired the judge. ‘That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord’.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

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