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Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
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Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
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There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
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Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.
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The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.
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Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.
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Poetry is a religion with no hope.
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
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Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
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Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.
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