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" Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. "

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" One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. "

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" Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. "

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" My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. "

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" No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. "

" One man's style must not be the rule of another's. "

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" Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. "

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