Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. The Old Curiosity Shop
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so. Mark Twain's Notebook
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich. Oscariana
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man. The Karamazov Brothers
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