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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

All blessings are mixed blessings.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

It is the wounded oyster that mends its shell with pearl.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade.

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.

Men hate those to whom they have to lie.

Nothing lays itself open to the charge of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Nothing lays itself open to the charge of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you.

The color of truth is gray.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch. Nay, you may kick it about all day, and it will be round and full at evening.

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.