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The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.

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He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

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A man's life is of more value than a woman's. It has larger issues, wider scope, greater ambitions. Our lives revolve in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses. I have just learnt this, and much else with it, from Lord Goring. And I will not spoil your life for you, nor see you spoil it as a sacrifice to me, a useless sacrifice.

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I am afraid that you have been listening to the conversation of someone older than yourself. That is always a dangerous thing to do, and if you allow it to degenerate into a habit, you will find it absolutely fatal to any intellectual development.

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A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

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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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Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

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A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written.

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The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.

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Freedom, individualism and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.

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The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.

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What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.

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But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid. Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions. How perfectly hideous they are! Except, of course, in the Church. But then in the Church they don't think.

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The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.

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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

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Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.

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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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