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If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

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[Letter to William Ward, 11 July 1878]Dear Boy, Why don’t you write to me? I don’t know what has become of you.As for me I am ruined. The law suit is ...more

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

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Art, even the art of fullest scope and widest vision, can never really show us the external world. All that it shows us is our own soul, the one world...more

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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

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Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.

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It would be unfair to expect other people to be as brilliant as oneself.

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Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

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It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco.It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the n...more

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Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean someth...more

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At every single moment of one's life one is going to be no less than what one has been.

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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

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What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

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