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" I have never given adoration to any body except myself. "

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" I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. "

" There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. "

" It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. "

" It is always the unreadable that occurs. "

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

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" By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. "

" Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. "

" 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. "

" Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world. "

" The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. "

" I have nothing to declare except my genius. "

" The truth is rarely pure and never simple. "

" If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame. "

" Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. "

" There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. "

" Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. "

" Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. "

" To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. "

" Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes. "

" There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose. "

" What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. "

" If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. "

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

" Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. "

" Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. "

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

" If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "