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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

 

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

 

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

 

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

 

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

Classical music is the kind we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

Opera does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.

Opera does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

The wit of conversation consists more in finding it in others than in showing a great deal yourself.

“Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are” is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread.