Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Wilde, Oscar
Yet each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!
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Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.
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When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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Only the shallow know themselves.
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Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex.
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
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Experience is the name that everyone gives to his mistakes.
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There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.
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