The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
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Art is an absolute mistress she will not be coquetted with or slighted she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.
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The person who is master of their passions is reason's slave.
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We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
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When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post.
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It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
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