The Decay of Lying: Quotes

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• "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life."

  Vivian · Read in context

• "She is a veil, rather than a mirror."

  Vivian · Read in context

• "Where the cultured catch an effect, the uncultured catch cold."

  Vivian · Read in context

• "Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."

  Vivian · Read in context

• "You have proved it to my dissatisfaction, which is better."

  Cyril · Read in context

• "The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art."

  Vivian · Read in context