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

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Pessimist - one who when he has the choice of two evils chooses both.

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Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

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

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The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.

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SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: … But may I ask, at heart, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Those seem to be the only two fashionable religions left to us now...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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If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

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

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Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

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But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hide...more

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You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.