The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself.

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

It is so friendly so simply friendly and though inevitable not a sadness and though...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Remarks are not literature.

Remarks are not literature.

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Melanctha Herbert was always losing what she had in all the things she saw. Melanctha...

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...