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I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul.

Nobody ever died of laughter.

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.