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Woe to him who doesn't know how to wear his mask, be he king or pope!

— Luigi Pirandello Henry IV (1922)

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Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one, isn't it?

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something which you have to be all the time. Which isn't easy.

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It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman. You can be a hero from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time. Which isn't easy.

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