"I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five"
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"Schools should be the most beautiful place in every town and village-so beautiful that the punishment for undutiful children should be barred from going to school the following day."
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"Art persists, it timelessly continues."
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"It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world"
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"More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read."
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"There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth."
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"All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised."
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"When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."
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"If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you."
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"I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability."
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"Death is a great price to pay for a red rose“, cried the Nightingale, "and Life is very dear to all. “ It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent oft he hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?"
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"I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement."
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"To be in love is to surpass one's self."
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"An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea."
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"The only horrible thing in the world is ennui."
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"How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say."
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"They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever."
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"I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful."
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"When you really want love you will find it waiting for you."
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"I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to."
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