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Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

— Abel Stevens Madame de Staël (1881)

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I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.

A woman * * * always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.

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