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" To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. "

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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. "

" Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. "

" Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. "

" 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. "

" Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. "

" 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. "

" Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. "

" In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever. "

" Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. "

" Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. "

" Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. "

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

" Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. "

" Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. "

" I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. "

" 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. "

" The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world. "

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" I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. "

" The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. "

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

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

" Why was I born with such contemporaries? "

" True friends stab you in the front. "

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

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" Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. "

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