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The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years read more
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people
Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
