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Romantics consider common sense vulgar. (Mason Cooley)
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past. View quote
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Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures. View quote
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If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire. View quote
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The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. View quote
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. View quote
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The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting. View quote
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My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures. View quote
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If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves. View quote
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A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places. View quote
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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. (Mason Cooley)
Malice is always authentic and sincere. View quote
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Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening. View quote
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Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. View quote
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Who would not give up wit for power and beauty? View quote
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Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth. View quote
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Children now expect their parents to audition for approval. View quote
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Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children. View quote
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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation. View quote
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Hatred observes with more care than love does. View quote
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Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice. (Mason Cooley)
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life. View quote
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Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. View quote
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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten. View quote
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Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run. View quote
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