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It is always necessary to overstate a cast startlingly to make people sit up and listen to it, and to frighten them into acting on it.

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We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

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You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

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In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.

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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

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Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.

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Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

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Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

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You can lose a man like that by your own death, but not by his.

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[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

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There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

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How you ought properly to spell 'fish' in English: 'goti' .

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To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

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All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.

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What is life but a series of inspired follies.

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The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.

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If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?

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It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

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A thing that nobody believes cannot be proved too often.

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The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

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