Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Don't just count your years, make your years count.

Don't just count your years, make your years count.

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper...

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper...

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...

Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing, as we say, to die for...

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

Women with pasts interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.

Women with pasts interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.