Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

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

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

Memoirs are the backstairs of history.

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

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

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

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...

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

I expect that 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.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

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...

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

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...

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

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

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

Speech is the small change of silence.

Speech is the small change of silence.

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...