“One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.”
Life“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”
Life“One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.”
Life“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”
Family“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
Experience“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”
Romantic“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”
Good“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”
Art“What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.”
Art“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”
Good“An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him.”
Friendship“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“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.”
Poetry“Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”
Time“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
Future“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“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.”
Great“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.”
Art“All art is quite useless.”
Art“The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.”
Life“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.”
Best“I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.”
Society