Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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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.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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