No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down...

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down...

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried...

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make...

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make...

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...

In my many years of coaching, he is the most focused in terms of the...