“In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.”
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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
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The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
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