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My wife is perfectly happy. - Yes, of course. I'm sure she sees infidelity, when accompanied by Schubert, as a delightful pastime. A kind of musical adultery. Real artists cannot be confined by narrow convention. -Real artists don't deceive themselves or their public. === I once hoped that Mabel would go up in a balloon, then explode. -Oh, Vinnie, if that is the extent of your wickedness, your sainthood is assured, explosions notwithstanding. === Life is cruel. - And cruelty knows no morality. === People are not saints, Emily. You judge too harshly because you judge too highly. -Lowering a standard is the first excuse for every villainy. And keeping to one high principle is the last refuge of the intolerant. -And what of integrity? Austin was once fierce in his defence of it, and now it seems an encumbrance to be easily put aside! Integrity, if taken too far, can be equally ruthless.