Experience
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes
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Moralizes
A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.
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Rules
I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.
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Marriage
Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive
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Cynic
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
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How long?
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
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
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
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
I can resist anything except temptation.
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