"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
-Oscar Wilde
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"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
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"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."
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"Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes."
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"Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects."
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