Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
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Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can’t a woman be like that?
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A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
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It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris.
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
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If you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.
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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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You will follow every mountain, sea and shore, You will see from far and near a world you’ve never seen before.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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