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As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul…
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No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon…
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Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple;…
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A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience,…
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The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school-boy's holiday,…
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Ay, down to the dust with them, slaves as they are! From this hour let the blood in their dastardly veins, That…
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'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear; And that when we…
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I hate the man who eats without knowing what he’s eating. I doubt his taste in more important things.
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors.
— Jean Baudrillard
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my…
— Francesca Annis
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The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience;…
— William Hazlitt
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
— Maya Angelou
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When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice…
— Bill Roorbach
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Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a…
— Rex Harrison
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