To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
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To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias. England will never be civilized until she has added Utopia to her dominions.
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.
Paradoxes are always dangerous things.