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Sophistication
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“ ... the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.”
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“Sophistication called for a variety of talents and attitudes, but the minimum requirement was being in New York. Not all New Yorkers achieved it, but nobody elsewhere had a prayer.”
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“Your true cosmopolitan is born, not made. He is very rare.”
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“cosmopolitan: / look like you don't really look; / act like you don't really act; / sit like you wouldn't sit if you were home alone.”
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“It is not hard to mistake worldliness for wisdom.”