I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.
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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.Oscar Wilde
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Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.
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To get back one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies.
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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.
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