I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

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If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a...

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how...

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God...

When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God...

To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous...

To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous...

I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live....

I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live....

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

Knowledge makes a person famous and is helpful in achieving the desired goal.

Knowledge makes a person famous and is helpful in achieving the desired goal.

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is...

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but...