Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.Oscar Wilde
The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is not quite womanly. . . . Men don't like it.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.
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Lord Darlington (LD) I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW) If we had hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD You allow of no exceptions LW None LD Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW The adjective was unnecessary, LD.
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Fashion is the method by which the fantastic becomes for a moment universal.
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