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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
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When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.
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When I was young, I thought money was the most important thing in life. Now, when I'm old, I know it is.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.
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When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
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When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Altruism and Cynicism
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
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Why was I born with such contemporaries?
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Wisdom comes with winters.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Work and Recreation
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