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America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.

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I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

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Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world. I cannot conceive of any other explanation. I am convinced that there is no other, and that if the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. Pleasure for the beautiful body, but pain for the beautiful soul.

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It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

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Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P

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Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

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To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.

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Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.

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I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

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We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.

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There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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It is only very ugly or very beautiful women who ever hide their faces .

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I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

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The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can teach.

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Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

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What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

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The universe is God. I am God so that means I am the universe.

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