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“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
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― Lady Windermere's Fan
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