Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
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The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us.
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A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
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In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded. . . . He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance.
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To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
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