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

— Arthur Desmond Rival Caesars (1903)

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Good or bad I propose to be something great!

Rival Caesars (1903)

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

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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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Most women you know are very much interested in the man who is reputed to be deeply admired by other women.

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