Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

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Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of...

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is...

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is...

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

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

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better...