Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

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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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

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...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I...

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I...

Golf is played with the arms.

Golf is played with the arms.