What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
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What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.
Give women the right opportunities and they are capable of everything.
I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
Oscar Wilde Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
One should never take sides in anything. Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
Those who have much are often greedy.