Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does…

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The moment you're born you're done for.

The moment you're born you're done for.

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to...

It is difficult to make a reputation, but it is even more difficult seriously to...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your...

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your...

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by...

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from...

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from...

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.