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“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 he can exaggerate, but even his exaggeration has a rational basis. It is not founded on wit or fancy; it does not spring from any poetic imagination....”
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“I have nothing to declare but my genius.”
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“I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication.”
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“I can believe anything provided it is incredible.”
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“He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.”
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“He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.”
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“He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.”
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“From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.”
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“Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses once!”
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“Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.”
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“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
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