"In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing."

-- Oscar Wilde

#Luck Quotes #Style Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Simplicate, and add lightness!”
“We don't need to reinvent manliness. We only need to will ourselves to wake up from the bad dream of the last few generations and reclaim it, in order to extend and enrich that tradition under the formidable demands of the present.”
“If you take from a theory only the conclusions you like and discard the rest, you are using the theory as a drunkard uses a lamp post-for support rather than illumination.”
“Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that is asked of it, the less well it performs. When this happens in a psychological experiment, it is interesting. When it happens in traffic, it can be fatal.”
“Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.”
“I like working as a director most.”
“Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.”
“I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.”

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