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"Men play at tragedy because they do not believe in the reality of the tragedy which is actually being staged in the civilised world"

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In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

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I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

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