“I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
God“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”
Art“I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
God“Those whom the gods love grow young.”
Love“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Romantic“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”
Work“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”
Friendship“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
Best“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”
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“In married life three is company and two none.”
Life“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
Art“When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.”
Love“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”
Poetry“Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.”
Courage“It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”
Art“Who, being loved, is poor?”
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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Truth“What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.”
Art“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
Travel“No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.”
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