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

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Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But tha...more

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LADY BRACKNELLTo speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before ...more

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From the moment I met you, your personality had the most extraordinary influence over me. I was dominated, soul brain and power.

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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had...more

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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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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, ...more

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Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

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The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

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I would sooner lose my best friend than my worst enemy. To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left the...more