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" Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. "
Oscar Wilde
Patriotism
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" In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives. "
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" There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. "
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