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- The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how the Renaissance was…
- He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England…
- Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.
- Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.
- The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very…
- Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.
- Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the…
- Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England…
- If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but if a friend…
- People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The…
- A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is.…
- Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
- In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisect, in…
- The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can teach.
- Most people are other people.
- Schools should be the most beautiful place in every town and village-so beautiful that the punishment for undutiful children should be barred from going to…
- I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or thirty at the most. Twenty-nine when there are pink shades, thirty when there are…
- The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they…
- I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later…
- They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
- A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
- It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the…
- Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that…
- And, by the way, one of the most delightful things I find in America is meeting a people without prejudice -- everywhere open to the…
- When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster