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Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends. ↗

— Daniel Nathans

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People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms. ↗

— Daniel Nathans

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