"A hard man is good to find.
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Selected Quotes
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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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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"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. "
What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. "
"I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!
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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! "
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life! "
"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
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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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"I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.
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"A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.
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