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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself... →
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led... →
Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Life is one long process of getting tired.
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