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The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.

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I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.

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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

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A kiss may ruin a human life

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Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.

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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.

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Genius is born-not paid

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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

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Only the shallow know themselves.

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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 absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.

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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

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A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

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If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

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

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The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.

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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

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The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

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Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

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Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

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I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

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