"When an Englishman has professed his belief in the supremacy of Shakespeare amongst all poets, he feels himself excused from the general study of literature. He also feels himself excused from the particular study of Shakespeare."

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Source : "Under the Hill and Other Essays". Book by Aubrey Beardsley, 1904.

Aubrey Beardsley

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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
“One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.”
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“Mel Gibson is a tremendously talented creative individual who, unfortunately, is also a conflicted personality. He himself would say that.”

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“What unimaginable luxury, never to wrestle with whether or why, never to lie awake nights wondering what if”
“Good manners - the longer I live the more convinced I am of it - are a priceless insurance against failure and loneliness. And anyone can have them.”
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“My sister had health insurance; she should have been warned by her doctors that she was at risk. But she was a minority. The doctors took little interest in her as an individual, and she fell through the cracks. And died.”

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