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" Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly. "

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" Only the shallow know themselves. "

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" Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. "

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" In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. "

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