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Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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Kind Vice Worst
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
The difference breeds hatred.
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Breed Difference Hate One Liner
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Feminine Himself Terrible Weapon
Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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Beautiful Happiness Promise
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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Emotion Search Woman
This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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Courage Examination Myself Religion Sin Thinking
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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Concert Imagination Politics
The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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Alone Art Genius Himself Man Water
Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
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Ignorance Love Man Move Talk Vanity
Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
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Business Important Life Love Myself Oneself
When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Court Herself Sister Woman Yourself
People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.
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Anxiety Conscious Evidence Family Heart Intimacy Life People Polite Quality
Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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Emotion Preference Reason Woman
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Description Happiness Spoil

Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

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Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.

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