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• Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the…
• You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
• Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life,…
• You must render: never report.
• Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a…
• The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
• She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being…
• Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles,…

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