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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
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Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.
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We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.
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It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.
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There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will.
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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
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'Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
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To be in love is to surpass one's self.
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Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
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It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
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Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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England has done one thing; it has invented and established Public Opinion, which is an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.
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Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.
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Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
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One should always be a little improbable.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful.
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Is she such a mystery? She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. Moods don't last. It is their chief charm.
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Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!