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

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

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with...

It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with...

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...

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...

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps...

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps...

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

The price of justice is eternal publicity

The price of justice is eternal publicity

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...

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...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

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...

The moment you're born you're done for.

The moment you're born you're done for.

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...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by...

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by...

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...

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...

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...

We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and...

We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and...

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...