Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.
Ninon de L'EnclosEquality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.
Ninon de L'EnclosWords really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
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