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Jansy: Here is the VN quote I believe you were referring to:
"In fact I believe that one day a reappraiser will come and declare that,
far from having been a frivolous firebird, I was a rigid moralist: kicking
sin, cuffing stupidity, ridiculing the vulgar and cruel--and assigning
sovereign power to tenderness, talent and pride."
-- Vladimir Nabokov<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5152.Vladimir_Nabokov>,
* Strong Opinions <http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/521097> *
V.N once described himself as a moralist kicking or scuffing sin ( I think
> that's how the sentence went - and I'm now unable to quote it correctly or
> provide its proper context)
>
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"In fact I believe that one day a reappraiser will come and declare that,
far from having been a frivolous firebird, I was a rigid moralist: kicking
sin, cuffing stupidity, ridiculing the vulgar and cruel--and assigning
sovereign power to tenderness, talent and pride."
-- Vladimir Nabokov<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5152.Vladimir_Nabokov>,
* Strong Opinions <http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/521097> *
V.N once described himself as a moralist kicking or scuffing sin ( I think
> that's how the sentence went - and I'm now unable to quote it correctly or
> provide its proper context)
>
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