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My own belief is that

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.
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Common-sense appears to be only

Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.
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An unfortunate thing about this

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
👁️ 78

Death is a very dull,

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
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The ability to quote is

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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We have long passed the

We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.
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Love is a dirty trick

Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.
👁️ 74

American women expect to find

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.
👁️ 65

When I read a book

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.
👁️ 75

Life isn't long enough for

Life isn't long enough for love and art.
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