Quote by Arnold Bennett
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Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett

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Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity. – Arnold Bennett

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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. – Arnold Bennett

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If egotism means a terrific interest in ones self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. – Arnold Bennett

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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. – William Osler

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Sex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful — provided you get between the right man and the right woman. – Woody Allen

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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. – Henry Fielding

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An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single. – Charlotte Bingham

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