By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

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Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone...

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind...

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out...

I think the story is my form.

I think the story is my form.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have...

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when,...

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which...

I know how deeply slothful I am.

I know how deeply slothful I am.

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through...

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago,...

I used to keep my college room mate from reading my personal mail by hiding...

I used to keep my college room mate from reading my personal mail by hiding...

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.