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The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the legend "We are not amused" hanging from it.

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Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to vulgarity.

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It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.

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Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

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Fantasy love is much better than Reality Love.

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

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