A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those whose fear life are already three parts dead...

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

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Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other

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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

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Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

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There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

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If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

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Man is what he believes.

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