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Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

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The only proper intoxication is conversation.

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

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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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There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

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It is only the sacred things that are worth touching

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I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.

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I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.

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A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

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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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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

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Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

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It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

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I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.

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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

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The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.

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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

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