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

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

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

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

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Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistake...more

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Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

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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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His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curi...more

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For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.