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It is better to have written a damned play, than no play at all—it snatches a man from obscurity.
Frederic Reynolds
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No perfumes, but very fine linen, plenty of it, and country washing.
Beau Brummell
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A foil should be held as one holds a little bird; not so tightly as to crush it, but just enough to prevent it escaping from the hand.
Jean-Louis Michel
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
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