People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and...

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the...

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering...

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

I know that a life has high value, but our rights, our independence,our honour have...

I know that a life has high value, but our rights, our independence,our honour have...

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find,...

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find,...