Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The Picture of Dorian Gray
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. Mark Twain's Notebook
Few men are admired by their servants. Essays
“Everywhere was in silence, like the velvet feet of death. And I was condemned to live; to live!” My Sweet Orange Tree
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