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— Honore de Balzac"Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious."
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Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.
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