“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”
Love“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”
Good“If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.”
Sympathy“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”
Life“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”
Science“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.”
Money“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
Forgiveness“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
Good“True friends stab you in the front.”
Friendship“When good Americans die they go to Paris.”
Good“Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.”
Death“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”
Friendship“It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”
Art“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.”
War“I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”
God“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.”
Marriage“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.”
Imagination“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
Truth“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”
Attitude“Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.”
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