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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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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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Love Marriage
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 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
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Day Oneself Ourselves Patriotic
No friendship is an accident.
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Accident Friendship
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
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Country Enemy Hospital Pass Praise 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
O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
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Gift Knowledge Wisdom
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
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
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
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
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
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
We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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Cash Live People Time

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

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