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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
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
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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Best Move Picture Round World
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
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Love Man Poverty Taste War
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Gravitation Habit Pieces Power Theory
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Darkness Home Light Myself
East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
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Ethnicity Identity Race State
It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.
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Ambition Color Courage Darkness Man Sunshine
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
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

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