“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.”
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Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.
I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.