Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

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A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most...

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most...

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his...

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

No matter where you go, always do your duty as you see it and know...

No matter where you go, always do your duty as you see it and know...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

No one has ever come back from the other world. I can't console you, but...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long...

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there...

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too...

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too...

I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.

I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.