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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him read more
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap read more
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap read more
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
