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Young men of the present day are very fond of running down women, and think it a manly thing to sneer at them for their failings; but God help the man who, in time of trouble, has not a woman to stand by his side with cheering words and loving smiles to help him in the battle of life.

— Fergus Hume

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Raki is bad enough, but it's nectar compared with pulque.

"Whatever you do, don’t go on to the beaches at dusk," was all he said. Then he vanished.

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"I don't like Latin," said Miss Frettlby, shaking her pretty head. "I agree with Heine's remark, that if the Romans had had to learn it they would not have found time to conquer the world."

I was not myself on that night. The wine was in and the wit was out.

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