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The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.
Eternal superiority of the Dandy.
What is the Dandy?
A Dandy does nothing.
It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.
Dandyism is especially likely to appear in those transitional ages in which democracy is not yet all-powerful and the aristocracy ...
These beings have no other profession than to cultivate the idea of beauty in their person, to satisfy their passions, to feel and ...
Dandyism does not even consist, as many thoughtless persons appear to believe, in an immoderate taste for the toilet and material ...
Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent ...
But a dandy can never be a vulgar man.
I cannot talk with civet in the room,
A fine puss-gentleman that's all perfume.
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