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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.

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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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The pure and simple truth is, the truth is never pure and simple.

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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

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

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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

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

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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The public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities.... A fresh mo...more

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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.

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Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.