"Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."

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Source : The Mikado act 2 (1885)

W. S. Gilbert

#Giving Quotes #Statistics Quotes #Narrative Quotes

“When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.”
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
“Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.”
“Are Republican women politicians more feminine than Democratic women politicians?”
“A true outlaw finds the balance between the passion in his heart and the reason in his mind. The outcome is the balance of might and right.”
“The pathos of life is worse than the tragedy.”
“We must have books for recreation and entertainment, as well as books for instruction and for business; the former are agreeable, the latter useful, and the human mind requires both. The cannon law and the codes of Justinian shall have due honor, and reign at the universities; but Homer and Virgil need not therefore be banished. We will cultivate the olive and the vine, but without eradicating the myrtle and the rose.”
“Death frames the high wire. But I donâ€™t see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.”

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