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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said...more

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Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beau...more

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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful th...more

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A flower blossoms for its own joy.

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

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Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

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Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all se...more

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It is the duty of every father... to write fairy tales for his children.

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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

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The public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade the classics into authorities.... A fresh mo...more