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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.

O. Henry

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man’s starving!
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Business Family Love Man Religion Starve
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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Art Himself Respect Time
To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
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Herself Impossible Love Power Quite Relationship Woman Worship
When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster. I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That’s the story.
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Disaster Face Myself Reason See Story
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Rule Writing Yourself
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
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Beginning Hilarious Man Sorrow
Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
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Grave Heart Nature Observation Young Yourself
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
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Fortune Prize Road Shadow Win
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Darkness Home Light Myself
By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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Call Deal King Right Yourself

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