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Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

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The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights. ↗

— Rene Cassin

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Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress. ↗

— Coco Chanel

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things. ↗

— Gustave Courbet

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The hardest part of anything is making a dish consistently great - you order it seven years later, if it's still on the menu, and it's still as good as what you remember. ↗

— Mario Batali

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Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar. ↗

— William E. Geist

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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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The only way to be completely self-consistent is to be constantly uttering paradoxes. ↗

— Bauvard

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