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" A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. "

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" I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. "

" No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone. "

" The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. "

" I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful. "

" An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. "

" 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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" Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. "

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" How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. "

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" Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. "

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" The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. "

" Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. "

" Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. "

" The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. "

" It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned. "