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The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.
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Real art is without irony. Irony distances the author from his material. Irony is...
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Hope provides comfort, and hope does not always require probability.
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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.