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A burnt child loves the fire.

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For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.

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Just to let you know that the buffet car will be closing for stocktaking in five minutes. The next station stop is Chesterfield.

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When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.

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Indifference is the revenge the world takes on mediocrities.

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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.

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All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.

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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

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The moon in her chariot of pearl

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Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.

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Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

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In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

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And thus we rust Life's iron chain Degraded and alone: And some men curse, and some men weep, And some men make no moan: But God's eternal Laws are kind And break the heart of stone

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The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.

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An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

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Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.

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I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

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The gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. Every month as it wanes bring you nearer to something dreadful. Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

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