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" We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet. "

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" Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna. "

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