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A smile is the universal welcome.

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People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind.

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Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

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A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.

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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

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Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

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Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 4th, 1883

Died: March 25th, 1969

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