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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.

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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
No friendship is an accident.
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Accident Friendship
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
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
Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
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Grave Heart Nature Observation Young Yourself
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Achieve Climate Ourselves
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
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
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
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
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
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Fortune Prize Road Shadow Win
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

Those whom we first love we seldom marry.

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