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Quote by Guillaume Apollinaire
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subj

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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Come to the edge, He said. They said, We are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them… and they flew. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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Guillaume Apollinaire
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