Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.
OSCAR WILDEWhenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
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Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
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To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
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Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
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Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.
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Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
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The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
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You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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To define is to limit.
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One should always be in love. That’s the reason one should never marry.
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
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