The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it. How to Tell s Story
“Not to extinguish our free will, I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but that she still leaves us to direct the other half.” The Prince
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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