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" Work is the curse of the drinking classes. "

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" London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know. "

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

" The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart. "

" 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. "

" Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. "

" The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. "

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" Women are made to be loved, not understood. "

" Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. "

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

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

" In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it. "

" One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. "

" You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit. "

" I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. "

" When good Americans die they go to Paris. "

" Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. "