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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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Life is too important to be taken seriously.
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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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Why was I born with such contemporaries?
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Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her look like a public building.
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The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it...
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One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox—the unspeakable in full pursuit of the une...
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On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact ...
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My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly,...
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Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with; they are too cle...
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Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
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I walked, with other souls in pain,
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Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
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Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
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Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.
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Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
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The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Work
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