expression on the lady's face: "Aren't I a darling?"; she spent any
amount of money on dresses and looked forward to making a display of
them--so she gave parties.

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Going to Paris with one's wife is like going to Tula[1] with one's
samovar.

[Footnote 1: Tula is a Russian city where samovars are manufactured.]

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The young do not go in for literature, because the best of them work
on steam engines, in factories, in industrial undertakings. All of
them have now gone into industry, and industry is making enormous
progress.

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Families where the woman is bourgeoise easily breed adventurers,
swindlers, and brutes without ideals.

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A professor's opinion: not Shakespeare, but the commentaries on him
are the thing.

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