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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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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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Atmosphere Live Money Pay Yourself
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
It’s said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. It’s the wind from the dinner horn that does it.
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Horn Love Myself Verify Wind World
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Dominate Life Smile
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
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Contact Difference Man Privilege
Women’s weapon, water-drops.
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Tears Weapon Woman
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
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
Whenever he saw a dollar in another man’s hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn’t take it any other way.
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Grudge Hands Man Personal Way
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
It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Greatness Place
Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
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Bridge Comfortable Eyes Language Widow
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
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Happiness Life Perfection
He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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Reflection Study Woman
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

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