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The human mind is inspired

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
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An artist must be a

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
👁️ 97

Only when one has lost

Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
👁️ 107

Other nations use force; we

Other nations use force; we Britons alone use Might.
👁️ 88

If, for instance, they have

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.
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Of children as of procreation

Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.
👁️ 95

It is a curious thing

It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
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I do not believe the

I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.
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Manners are especially the need

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
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