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The reason there are no great poets and writers now is because there are no great deeds or heroes to write about. The world is becoming tame and sad and dreary.

— Arthur Desmond Rival Caesars (1903)

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There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Good or bad I propose to be something great!

Rival Caesars (1903)

Those three divine attributes of a perfect woman: goodness, beauty and wealth.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.

Rival Caesars (1903)

Women find little pleasure in the society of women.

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