Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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