Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.
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Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.
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Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.
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Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
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Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.
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