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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets...

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets...

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who...

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who...

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments...

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments...

So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

And the people weve become, well, theyve never been the people who we are.

And the people weve become, well, theyve never been the people who we are.

Life's too short to waste on pessimism, boredom and disillusionment.

Life's too short to waste on pessimism, boredom and disillusionment.