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Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

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Psychology is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

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The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

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The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

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Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

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Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.

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You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

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As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.

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My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression

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I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.

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The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

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I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

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I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.

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I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

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Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

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