

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan

“Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines”
― The Concept of Mind
― The Concept of Mind

“When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?”
― The Waste Books
― The Waste Books

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