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Indifference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a saving grace I must constantly possess: it is the aesthetic idea which judges between us, not a formal reprimand.

Indifference (n.) proves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one is not a Christian; who would believe a man who protested he was in love and that it was a matter of indifference to him?

Indifference (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is eager for others to know about it is not indifference — “I don't care about you.” “Then why take the trouble to tell me so?”

Indifference (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠admiration meet in boredom: the traveling Englishman's single interjection is matched only by the apostle of empty enthusiasm who cries “Ah!” at everything.

Indifference (n.) speaks ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in the aesthete: "If someone threw a tile from the roof, I wouldn't step aside" — a man dying daily, counting his days by the notices to quit his lodgings.