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Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.

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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.The nineteenth century dislike of realism ...

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The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge t...

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I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.