Life is very nice, but it has no shape. The object of art is actually to give it some and to do… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid, of Plato & Cicero, which all men ought to contemn, are set up… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Madonna has a far profounder vision of sex than do the feminists. She sees both the animality and the artifice. Changing her… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be… — William Shirley Copy Share Image
I want to be seen here in my simple, natural, ordinary fashion, without straining or artifice; for it is myself that I… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world,… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I am so delighted when I get to see a really good movie. In that experience the artifice of movie making, the… — Jay Cassidy Copy Share Image
When I was younger I was attracted to people who had that kind of artifice - people who were incredibly polished and… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
And the podcasting - I swear to you - on its worst day, the podcasts are better than our best films. Because… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? — Henri Desgrange Copy Share Image
Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which… — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
“He hadn't lied. He honestly liked her house, for the same reasons he was drawn to the woman. There was no artifice… — Ruth Wind Copy Share Image
Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own life or… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice… — Bill Roorbach Copy Share Image
The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
We call the one side [of humanity] religion, and we call the other science. Religion is always right. ... Science is always… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Your memory creates postcard images, but it doesn't really comprehend the world at all. That's why a landscape is so affected by… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Good men's actions are natural While a scoundrel's charity Is carefully planned to please.” — Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri Copy Share Image
The theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy. — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
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