I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct...

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...

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...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is...

You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is...

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come...

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come...

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and...

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and...

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

A king, who adheres to the path of righteousness and truth, naturally becomes famous and...

A king, who adheres to the path of righteousness and truth, naturally becomes famous and...

I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for...

I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for...

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another...

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another...

Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves...

Music is a friend of labor for it lightens the task by refreshing the nerves...