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As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself.

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I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

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Punctuality is the thief of time

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Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

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Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.

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The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.

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A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

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memory, like a horrible malady, was eating his soul away

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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

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Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself, must create its symbols. The transcendental is that which produces its own form. I will never discover its secret if I do not find it in my own heart; if I do not possess it already I shall never be able to acquire it.

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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.

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The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

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The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

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Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

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But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.

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It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

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the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

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