It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
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If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.Oscar Wilde
People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.
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On refusing to make alterations to one of his plays Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece
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He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
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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.
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