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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason.

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

I can resist anything except temptation.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

Punctuality is the thief of time.

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.