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" The basis of optimism is sheer terror. "
Oscar Wilde
Sheer
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" One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. "
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" Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. "
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" The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. "
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" If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
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" There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. "
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" One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be. "
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" Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. "
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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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