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Aug. 18, 2003

"It is better not to be different from one's fellows. The ugly and
the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their
ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are
at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should
live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. They neither
bring ruin on others, nor ever receive it from alien hands....we
shall all sufer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly."-
Basil Hallward

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure
the senses but the soul." - Lord Henry

"You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and
fully. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then
you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you,
or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the
memories of your past will make more bitter than defeats. Every month
as it wanes brings you nearer to something dreadful. Time is jealous
of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. You will become
sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. You will suffer
horribly....Ah! realise your youth while you have it. Don't squander
the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve
the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the
common, and the vulgar....Live! Live the wonderful life that is in
you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new
sensations. Be afraid of nothing...."- Lord Henry