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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

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If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.

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People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.

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There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

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Always! That is the dreadful word ... it is a meaningless word, too.

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Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.

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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

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Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.

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There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.

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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.

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It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one.

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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

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Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.

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Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

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When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

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Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.

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Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.

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To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

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Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.

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