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"Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood."
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

"Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood."
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
"My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other peoples."
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
"A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. [Answering the question, what is a cynic?]"
"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."