“There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.”
Beauty“A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.”
Love“There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.”
Beauty“I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
God“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”
Love“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.”
Good“When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.”
Love“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Romantic“True friends stab you in the front.”
Friendship“The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.”
Technology“Women are made to be loved, not understood.”
Women“Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.”
Good“All art is quite useless.”
Art“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”
Life“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Dreams“When good Americans die they go to Paris.”
Good“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“If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.”
Society“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
Art“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
Travel“Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.”
Experience“The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.”
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