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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. – Henry Adams

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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. – Henry Adams

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A mans palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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No taste is so acquired as that for someone elses quality of mind. – Cyril Connolly

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Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. – Martin Amis

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Style is the image of character. – Edward Gibbon

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