It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.
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It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth.
You should never try to understand them. Women are pictures. Men are problems. If you want to know what a woman really means - which, by the way, is always a dangerous thing to do - look at her, don't listen to her.
Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it.
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.
Indiscretion is the better part of courage.
It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
In art good intentions are not of the smallest value. All bad art is the result of good intentions.
There is no fine art without self-consciousness, and self-consciousness and the critical spirit are one.
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.