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Suppose you should be walking down Broadway after dinner, with ten minutes allotted to the consummation of your cigar while you are choosing between a diverting tragedy and something serious in the way of vaudeville. Suddenly a hand is laid upon your arm. You turn to look into the thrilling eyes of a beautiful woman, wonderful in diamonds and Russi
... See moreO. Henry • The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
It is a curious fact of literary history that a story which describes the loss of a gigantic prize provided the author with the greatest prize of his career.
Ernest Hemingway • The Old Man and the Sea
Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for.
Henry Hazlitt • Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
la meilleure amie d’une autre jeune femme, mariée celle-là, s’en vient vivre avec eux, et puis, à son insu, en toute innocence, mais sans merci, entreprend d’épouser le mari. Quand ce dernier est un écrivain occupé une bonne partie de la journée à une tâche difficile, et n’est donc pas pour sa femme un compagnon ou un partenaire digne de ce nom, l’
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