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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...

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...

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...

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 lamppost how...

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

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to...

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...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very...

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo...

CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo...

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

The will to truth! That will which is yet to seduce us into many a...

I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.

I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and...

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and...

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing....

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.