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

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" Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. "

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" Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. "

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" 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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" 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 only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. "

" Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. "

" There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. "

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" When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. "

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" What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. "

" 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. "

" In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. "