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A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to...  
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have c...  
A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more tha...  
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dep...  
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones wh...  
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighte...  
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the...  
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of p...  
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?  
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; ...  
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in ...  
Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let o...  
In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiven...  
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not wha...  
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.   Nature
Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.  
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; jo...  
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.  
No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teac...  
No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.  
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder ...  
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatua...  
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs ...  
The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his ...  
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that...   Art
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized,...  
The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get ...  
The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we...  
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a commo...  
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.  
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always...  
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other...  
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.  
There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.  
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one ano...  
Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. I...  
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.  
We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.  
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embr...  
When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to...  
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.  
Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brin...  
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.