The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

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With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose....

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...