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An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience. - Joseph Addison Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. - Ed Gardner, in "Duffy's Tavern", a 1940's radio program Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. - Hannah More
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