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If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally.

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All choice of words is slang. It marks a class.” “There is correct English: that is not slang.” “I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of pr...more

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It had never occurred to him that he should live in any other than what he would have called an ordinary way, with green glasses for hock, and excelle...more

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In poor Rosamond’s mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.

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I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.

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A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two ...more

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Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.

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And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.

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We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.

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Favourable Chance, I fancy, is the god of all men who follow their own devices instead of obeying a law they believe in. Let even a polished man of th...more