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" Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire. "

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" America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. "

" One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. "

" In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth. "

" Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. "

" Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book. "

" There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. "

" 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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" To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. "

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" In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. "

" The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. "

" Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. "

" A poet can survive everything but a misprint. "

" I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. "

" Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us. "

" Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. "

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" Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. "

" The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. "

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

" If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. "

" 'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure. "

" Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. "

" One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. "

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