Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Lady Windermere's Fan
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art. The Decay of Lying
It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness fill their hosts with joy and assurance. Essays
“But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable: it was when you looked at the human beings passing you on the pavement that it became an act of faith.” 1984
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