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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

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The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

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Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

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Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.

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Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.

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My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o'clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.

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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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Deliver me from my disciples!

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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

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JACK.I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an abso...more

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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