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To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

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America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.

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Live the wonderful life that is in you.

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At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

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What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

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I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

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Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of sin. It was the imagination that made each crime bear its misshapen brood. In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all.

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And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.

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Only love can keep anyone alive.

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Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another.

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I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

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A woman's life revolves in curves of emotions. It is upon lines of intellect that a man's life progresses.

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It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

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Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

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Fantastic shadows of birds

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There's no sin but stupidity.

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Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

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The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

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