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Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
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Appearance Life Man Side
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
He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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Reflection Study Woman
If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
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Man Marriage Pass Time Woman
I’ll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
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Myself Secret Story Writing
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
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
It ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
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Ourselves Road Travel Way
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
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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Adventure Calculate Fate Greatness True
Women’s weapon, water-drops.
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Tears Weapon Woman
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
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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Animal Communication Human Talk Together
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Invisible Strand Woman
There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth’s burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.
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Difference Grief Light Old Remain Sorrow

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