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" So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. "

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" Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism. "

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" The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot. "

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" Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love. "

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" I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. "

" Reverence is fatal to literature. "

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" The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. "

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" Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. "

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