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Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.

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Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.

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When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster...I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That's the story.

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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.

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All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best

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It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

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But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the cozy dinners and fresh, light breakfasts; the interchange of ambitions--ambitions interwoven each with the other's or else inconsiderable--the mutual help and inspiration; and--overlook my artlessness--stuffed olives and cheese sandwiches at 11 p.m.

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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

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My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.

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Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.

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You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hayseeds are bailed hayseeds. But what else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?

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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.

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There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection commends it to the lover of condensed philosophy. The three conditions embrace about all there is in life worth knowing. A surface thinker might deem that wealth should be added to the list. Not so. When a poor man finds a long-hidden quarter-dollar that has slipped through a rip into his vest lining, he sounds the pleasure of life with a deeper plummet than any millionaire can hope to cast.

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When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.

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If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

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[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game of baseball. Crack! we hit the ball, and away we go. If we earn a run (in life we call it success) we get back to the home plate and sit upon a bench. If we are thrown out, we walk back to the home plate -- and sit upon a bench.

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East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.

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It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.

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