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" In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever. "
Oscar Wilde
Forever
Journalism
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" Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. "
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" Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist. "
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" The truth is rarely pure and never simple. "
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" There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. "
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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 are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. "
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" In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. "
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" The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. "
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" Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. "
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" A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. "
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" There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. "
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" The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. "
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" When good Americans die they go to Paris. "
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" I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china. "
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" 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. "
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" Who, being loved, is poor? "
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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. "
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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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" The basis of optimism is sheer terror. "
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" The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle. "
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" There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. "
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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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" It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly. "
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