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It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

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And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame

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One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.

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The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.

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Every prison that men build Is built with bricks of shame, And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.

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Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

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I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

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Youth is the only thing worth having.

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The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

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The one advantage of playing with fire...is that no one ever gets singed. It is the people who don't know how to play with it who get burned up.

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Any place you love is the world to you”, explained the pensive Catherine Wheel, who had been attached to an old deal box in early life, and prided herself on her broken heart; “but love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent. I remember myself once- But it is no matter now. Romance is a thing of the past.

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A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written.

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Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that influenced us. To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence.

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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

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"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view." "Why?" "Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."

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There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.

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