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Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.

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Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

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The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

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The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

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The best people to work for are me, myself and I.

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It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I had never loved a woman. I suppose I never had time. Perhaps, as Harry says, a really grande passion is the privilege of those who have nothing to do, and that is the use of the idle classes in a country

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Those whom the gods love grow young.

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To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

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What fire does not destroy, it hardens

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It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

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My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.

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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

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The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

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A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of crime.

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I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

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Nothing worth knowing can be taught.

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Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.

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An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory.

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Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

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Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.

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