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" Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. "
Clare Boothe Luce
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" Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset. "
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" It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason. "
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" Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor. "
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" A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. "
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