Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.

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

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

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...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

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

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

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

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

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...

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to...

The season of love is the carnival of egoism and it brings a touchstone to...

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...

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.

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...

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

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

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

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

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

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our...

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our...