Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really ...

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish ...

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both ...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than ...

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight.

Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from ...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

Then marriage may be said to be past in all quietnesse, when the wife ...

Then marriage may be said to be past in all quietnesse, when the wife is blind, and the husband deafe.

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to ...

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied ...

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far ...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, ...

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Love is often the fruit of marriage.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the ...

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the ...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to ...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never ...

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more ...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we ...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for ...

One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either ...

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed ...

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

Smiles are the language of love.

Smiles are the language of love.

I'm a cheap date.

Nothing is wasted.

I love the British.

Living is abnormal.

I am always relaxed.

This love is silent.

Who seeks shall find.

I feel overestimated.

All theatre is absurd.

Let deeds match words.

Conquered, we conquer.

A progeny of learning.

I burn with no causes.

Time wounds all heals.

The sea hates a coward.

Irish as a Paddy's pig.

Better never than late.

nice is such a rip-off.

In season, all is good.

The truth is ever best.

Poetry is a mug's game.

Guessing isn't knowing.

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