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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Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Indeed, in many respects she was quite English and was an excellent example of the...

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always...

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

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

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other...

In married life three is company and two none.

In married life three is company and two none.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to...

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad....

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always...

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us;...

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.