Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
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If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.
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I have never searched for happiness. Who wants happiness? I have searched for pleasure.
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