Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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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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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
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I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live.
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My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers
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Life is never fair…And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
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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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All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.
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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual
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No man is rich enough to buy back his own past.
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A true friend stabs you in the front.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Hatred is blind, as well as love.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
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Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.
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Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them
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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.
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Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead.
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