George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.

He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season. You don't call that leading an idle life, do you?

What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons.

Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

The truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend which he creates around himself.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.