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

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" I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. "

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

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" A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. "

" I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead. "

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

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

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

" Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. "

" A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. "

" No man is rich enough to buy back his past. "

" Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. "

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

" All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex and vital. "

" It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. "

" Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. "

" As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. "

" Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. "

" Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. "

" One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. "

" Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly. "

" All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. "

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

" Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. "

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

" Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. "

" Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. "

" All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. "