Personality is lower than partiality.
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Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.
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That Rome was comparatively great and wealthy is certain.
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The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race.
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The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.
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The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.
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Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.
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If it were a real effort to live in the Middle Ages, your life would be one perpetual prevarication.
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The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.
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