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Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them.

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The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

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And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame

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I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

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When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

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I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

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And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

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America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

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The people who have adored me-- there have not been very many, but there have been some-- have always insisted on living on, long after I had ceased to care for them, or they to care for me.

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You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?

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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.

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Nobody ever commits a crime without doing something stupid.

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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. It seeks to show new perspectives and other choices. It is a way to help expand and liberate the consciousness; our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives.

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To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

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The great events of the world take place in the brain.

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George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

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