The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the read more

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

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.

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.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.