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Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Author : Oscar Wilde

For truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Author : Judy Garland

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

Author : Aeschylus

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Author : Mark Twain

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

Author : Plato

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

Author : Plato

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.