If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him.
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I arrive at Yalta. Every room is engaged. I go to the "Italy"—not a room available. "What about my room number 35"—"It is engaged." A lady. They say: "Would you like to stay with this lady? The lady has no objection." I stay in her room. Conversation. Evening. The Tartar guide comes in. My ears are stopped, my eyes blindfolded; I sit and see nothing and hear nothing….
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A young lady complains: "My poor brother gets such a small salary—only seven thousand!"
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She: "I see only one thing now: you have a large mouth! A large mouth!
An enormous mouth!"
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The horse is a useless and pernicious animal; a great deal of land has to be tilled for it, it accustoms man not to employ his own muscles, it is often an object of luxury; it makes man effeminate. For the future not a single horse.
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