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" Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. "
Cyril Connolly
Nature
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" Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether. "
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" It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing. "
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" Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. "
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" Youth is a period of missed opportunities. "
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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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" We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving. "
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" In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. "
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" Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. "
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" Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. "
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" The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. "
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" The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. "
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" The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. "
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