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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.

The words of truth are simple.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

But time growing old teaches all things.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

Note that venerable proverb: Children and fools always speak the truth. The deduction is plain: adults and wise persons never speak it.

Hunger is the handmaid of geniu s

Experience is an author's most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes .

A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.

It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

The frankest and freest and privatest product of the human mind and heart is a love letter.

Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

In literature imitations do not imitate.

In literature imitations do not imitate.

You can't throw too much style into a miracle.

You can't throw too much style into a miracle.

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak .

All generalizations are false, including this one.