Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.
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Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.
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To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
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