"If you want to be loved, be lovable " — Ovid

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.

Source: Psychology: Briefer Course (1892)

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad

Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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