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The closeness of their intercourse [the intercourse of nations] will assuredly render war as absurd and impossible by-and-by, as it would be for Manchester to fight with Birmingham, or Holborn Hill with the Strand.

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The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Table-Talk (1851)

Stolen sweets are always sweeter,
Stolen kisses much completer,
Stolen looks are nice in chapels,
Stolen, stolen, be your apples.

The two divinest things this world has got,
A lovely woman in a rural spot!

The Story of Rimini (1816)

Write me as one who loves his fellow men.

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

Table-Talk (1851)

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