It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.
OSCAR WILDENowadays 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.
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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
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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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I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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Hearts are made to be broken.
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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.
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
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A good friend will always stab you in the front.
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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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