When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

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  There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

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  What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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  Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

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  We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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  To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

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  The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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