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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.
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Air Breathe Life Necessary Notice Scarce
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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Brilliant Declare Encouragement Greatness Woman
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
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
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
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Domination Down Moral Reflection Smile
Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
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Artist Author Drawing Literature Young
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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Clear Himself Sunshine Weather
Be always decent and right in your home town; and when you’re on the road, never take more than four glasses of beer a day or play higher than a twenty-five-cent limit.
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Decent Home Limitation Right Yourself
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.
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Boredom Conscience Irritate Morals
In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

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