HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly.NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it should be spoken? Only foreigners who have been taught to speak...
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.
The primitive idea of justice is partly legalized revenge and partly expiation by sacrifice. It works out from both sides in the notion that two blacks make a white, and that when a wrong has been don...
I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.