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Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.

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The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it ju...more

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We discern a grand force in the lover which he lacks whilst a free man, but there is a breadth of vision in the free man which in the lover we vainly ...more

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Good but not religious-good.

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He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first ...more

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--the ethereal, fine-nerved, sensitive girl, quite unfitted by temperament and instinct to fulfil the conditions of the matrimonial relation with Phil...more

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Always wanting another man than your own.

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I have no fear of men, as such, nor of their books. I have mixed with them--one or two of them particularly-- almost as one of their own sex. I mean I...more

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If she had not been imprudence incarnate, she would not have acted as she did when she met Henchard by accident a day or two later.

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Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almost as much as women, and that's saying a good deal...more