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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

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I didn't have a life until I went up onstage.

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The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

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The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.

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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

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There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

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The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

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When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

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I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

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Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.

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The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.

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Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

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I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.

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one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

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There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true and anticipate it so we look for the blessings until we find them].

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When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.

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I drink to separate my body from my soul.

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Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

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