

“To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest

“We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch

“If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.”
― The Painted Veil
― The Painted Veil

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest

“It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.”
― Daniel Deronda
― Daniel Deronda
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