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Published before 06/01/2004
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
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Aphorisms by Oscar Wilde
A burnt child loves the fire.
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Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth. There is no sense in talking about the ignorance of youth. The only ones of which I listen to opinions respectfully, now, are the ones a lot younger than me. They preceed me. Life has shown them her last secret.
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The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.
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The young laugh without a motive. It's their most attractive side.
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The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have absolutely no respect of dyed hair.
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Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
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Published before 06/01/2004
The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Actually, it is more probable that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, and in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.
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There is the same world for all of us, and good and evil, sin and innocence, go through it hand in hand. To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.
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