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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of...
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History, as an entirety, could only exist in the eyes of an observer outside...
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit...
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The jungle is dark but full of diamonds…
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we...
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Only the madman is absolutely sure.
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When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the...
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There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
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Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool...