X. all his life spoke and wrote about the vices of servants and about the way to manage and control them, and he died deserted by every one except his valet and his cook.
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A little girl with rapture about her aunt: "She is very beautiful, as beautiful as our dog!"
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Marie Ivanovna Kolstovkin.
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In a love letter: "Stamp enclosed for a reply."
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The best men leave the villages for the towns, and therefore the villages decline and will continue to decline.
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