We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure.

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The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly...

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...