Quotes 181 till 200 of 548.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.
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Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
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In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891) -
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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In America, the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever.
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In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
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In life there is really no great or small thing. All things are of equal value and of equal size.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself.
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In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
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It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends.
The Remarkable Rocket (1888)
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