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The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.

We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...

One should absorb the color of life.

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris.

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

Whenever I’m in doubt, I ask myself, ‘What would Jesus do?’ And then I realize, Jesus got crucified, so maybe his decision-making isn’t all that great.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity.

Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.

Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne.

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians.

A grapefruit is just a lemon that saw an opportunity and took advantage of it.

A man’s very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.

Any map of the world that does not include Utopia is not even worth glancing at.

It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It’s possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.

I won’t belong to a club that accepts me as a member.

History is a lie commonly agreed upon.

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

Music is the perfect type of art.

Men as a rule love with their eyes, woman with their ears.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.

I can’t stand people that do not take food seriously.

And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning.

The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone – for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.

Only good questions deserve good answers.

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.

The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.

Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.