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" The truth is rarely pure and never simple. "
Oscar Wilde
Truth
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" In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth. "
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" I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. "
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" Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there. "
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" If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame. "
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