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I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to ...more

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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

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Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

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A flower blossoms for its own joy.

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

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It is the duty of every father... to write fairy tales for his children.

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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

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In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.

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I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flutes. I lived on honeycomb.

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I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I...more

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Love does not traffic in a marketplace, nor use a huckster's scales. Its joy, like the joy of the intellect, is to feel itself alive. The aim of Love ...more

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always b...more

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To become a work of art is the object of living.