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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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old...

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Authority is quite degrading

Authority is quite degrading

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will...

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

A mans face is his autobiography. A women's face is her work of fiction.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair...

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.