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She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

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Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people read more

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

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No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from read more

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.

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The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from read more

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid courage, which, taken in its widest interpretation, generally goes with truth; and the fourth /the power to love /although I have put it last, is the rarest.

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Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the read more

Journalism over here is not only an obsession but a drawback that cannot be overrated. Politicians are frightened of the press, and in the same way as bull-fighting has a brutalizing effect upon Spain (of which she is unconscious), headlines of murder, rape, and rubbish, excite and demoralize the American public.

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