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"In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop."
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"We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes."

"A miscreant with coiffed, scented hair, a slender waist, the hips of a woman and the chest of a Prussian officer, with a finely tied cravat, by all girls admired."

"If you have a good sense of dressing, there wouldn't be any need to spend a fortune to look good."

"The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance."

"A beautiful lady with an evil heart is like a hundred dollar note cut in two with one piece missing."

"Has a woman who knew that she was well dressed ever caught a cold?"

"Your face, my thane, is as a book where menMay read strange matters. To beguile the time,Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,But be the serpent under't."

"Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?"

"Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. His frown deepened. Perhaps not dangerous, but young and inarguably good-looking. His prison photo showed him flippantly winking at the camera. Kai hated him immediately."

"I see a little better grooming. Some might even be trying a little powder."
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"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."


"A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated."


"Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous."


"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down."


"It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."


"The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon."


"A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death."
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