Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
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