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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We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best...

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best...

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly...

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly...

A sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to...

A sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to...

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.

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...

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.

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...

All wrong-doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to...

All wrong-doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to...

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they...

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they...

Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of...

Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of...

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...

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

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

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...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.