We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy.

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.