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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.
By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and read more
By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else
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.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.
Vulgarity is the rich man's modest contribution to democracy.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
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.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.
