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I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I.

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I am gennerally understood tho I do not use that awkward squad of pointings called commas colons semicolons etc.

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All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

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Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed.

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I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out.

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Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.

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Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market.

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And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there is a God, Or something very like him.

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If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

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A world where nothing is had for nothing.

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Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.

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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

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Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

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I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

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I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

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Hurried and worried until we're buried, and there's no curtain call, Lifes a very funny proposition after all.

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Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!

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