The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The only difference between taking part in accidental amusement and lifelong perseverance is that it is a little longer.

When one is in love, One Always Begins by Deceiving One's Self, and One Always Ends by Deceiving Others. That is what would call a romance.

Love begins with self-deception and ends with deceiving others. This is the so-called romance.

-love always begins with self-deception and ends with deception.

the very essence of romance is uncertainty.

the essence of romance is that it is full of possibilities.

man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the facts of reason.

Man is a rational animal, but when he is asked to act according to the requirements of reason, he will lose his temper again.

My wallpaper and I are fighting a due to the death. One or other of us has to go.

The wallpaper is getting worse and worse, and I am getting older, and one of them will disappear first. -November 3, 19, in the left bank hotel, his last words.

no man is rich enough to buy back his own past.

-an ideal hubband (1895)

No one is rich enough to redeem his past.

—— Adapted from The Ideal Husband

The truth is rare pure and never simple.

—— The importance of being earnest (1895)

Truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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to love yourself is the beginning of a lifetime romance.

loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

-loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

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

We all live in the gutter, but some people still look up at the stars.

most people discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

most people find that what they never regret is only their mistakes, but it is too late.

What is the chief cause of divorce? Marriage.

what is the main reason for divorce? Get married.

when a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love and wise already had one in the reserve.

When love comes to an end, the weak cry and go to find the next goal efficiently, while the smart one has already prepared the next one.

no great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would die for being an artist.

What great artists see is never the true face of the world. Once he sees through it, he is no longer an artist.

I represent to you all the sins you have never had the guilt to commit.

I tell you all the sins that you don't have the courage to commit.

one can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.

One can always be kind to people he doesn't care about.