Moralizes

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A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.

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Rules

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I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.

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Marriage

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Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive

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Cynic

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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

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How long?

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How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!

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Brick Walls

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I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

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Scandal vs gossip

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My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.
What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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Misfortunes

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Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

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Temptation

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I can resist anything except temptation.

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Stars in the gutter

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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