Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault,...

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

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

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

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in...

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

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...

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight...

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

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...