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Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.

John Galsworthy

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Cigar Smoke Compose Love Men Shall Soul Texture
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Courtship Modern Take
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House Limbo Pass Soul Time
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Believe Circle Creed Enwrap Hand Humanism Men Mystery Own
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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.
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Action Can Do Done Else Man Nothing Sum
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Adore Dog Eyes Feel Moment Precious Really Think
Love of beauty is really only the sex instinct, which nothing but complete union satisfies.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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Come Destroy Dull Fruit Love never
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Beauty Mean One Other Perhaps Person
Justice is a machine that, when some one has once given it the starting push, rolls on of itself.
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Give Itself Justice Machine Once Push Roll Some Start
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Bring Count Fortitude Into Life
Summer summer summer! The soundless footsteps on the grass!
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Footstep Grass Soundless Summer
He might wish and wish and never get it – the beauty and the loving in the world!
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Beauty Get Love might never Wish World
Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel.
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Honestly Jewel Speech Through World Written

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