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1  Youth is the only thing worth having.
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2  It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
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3  People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial.
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4  The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.
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5  The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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6  It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
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7  You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully.
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8  I had only met her once before, but she took it into her head to lionize me.
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9  The only thing he considers of any importance is whether one believes it oneself.
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10  My dear fellow, she tried to found a salon, and only succeeded in opening a restaurant.
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11  It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also.
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12  I sometimes think, Harry, that there are only two eras of any importance in the world's history.
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13  It is silly of you, for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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14  Hallward painted away with that marvellous bold touch of his, that had the true refinement and perfect delicacy that in art, at any rate comes only from strength.
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15  The sweep and dash of the brush on the canvas made the only sound that broke the stillness, except when, now and then, Hallward stepped back to look at his work from a distance.
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16  I have promised to dine at White's, but it is only with an old friend, so I can send him a wire to say that I am ill, or that I am prevented from coming in consequence of a subsequent engagement.
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17  "Just turn your head a little more to the right, Dorian, like a good boy," said the painter, deep in his work and conscious only that a look had come into the lad's face that he had never seen there before.
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