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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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If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

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I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.

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

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

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If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

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I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.

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Most people are boring and stupid.

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But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating- people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.