Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

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A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

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...

Literature exists so that where one man has lived finely ten thousand may afterward live...

Literature exists so that where one man has lived finely ten thousand may afterward live...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

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 moment you're born you're done for.

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

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

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...

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.

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

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...

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...

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a...

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that...