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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."
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"The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just."


"Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists."


"You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish."


"A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in."


"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything."


"It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to."


"You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't."
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