A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.
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Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.
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A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.
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Feminine intuition, a quality perhaps even rarer in women than in men.
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There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.
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Many women I know think the ideal of happiness is to be in love with a great man, or to be the wife of a great public success; to share his triumph! They forget you share the man as well!
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You don’t really know a woman until she writes you a letter.
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Women are so perverse. Look how they won’t wear black when nothing suits them so well!
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Suspense is torture … but delightful–or there’d be no gambling in the world.
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Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.
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There may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.
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