All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. The Picture of Dorian Gray
He looked at her again, now with the vague abject shyness that older men often have with young women, as though asking their indulgence for no longer being young. The Post Office Girl
The soul that companies with Virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught; sweet, rich, and generous of its store; that injures not, neither destroys. Fragment
'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep. Don Quixote
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