"True villains are extremely photogenic."
"One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits."
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Source: Souvenirs and Prophecies: the Young Wallace Stevens edited by Holly Stevens, (Ch. 3), 1977.
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