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" Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram. "
Karl Kraus
Epic
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" A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. "
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" Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. "
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" Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom. "
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" It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. "
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" A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire! "
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