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The French say: “Laid comme un chenille”—as ugly as a caterpillar.
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People are bachelors or old maids because they rouse no interest, not even a physical one.
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The children growing up talked at meals about religion and laughed at fasts, monks, etc. The old mother at first lost her temper, then, evidently getting used to it, only smiled, but at last she told the children that they had convinced her, that she is now of their opinion. The children felt awkward and could not imagine what their old mother would do without her religion.
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There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
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The dog walked in the street and was ashamed of its crooked legs.
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The difference between man and woman: a woman, as she grows old gives herself up more and more to female affairs; a man, as he grows old, withdraws himself more and more from female affairs.
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That sudden and ill-timed love-affair may be compared to this: you take boys somewhere for a walk; the walk is jolly and interesting—and suddenly one of them gorges himself with oil paint.
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The character in the play says to every one: “You’ve got worms.” He cures his daughter of the worms, and she turns yellow.
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–From Anton Chekhov’s Note-Books.
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People are bachelors or old maids because they rouse no interest, not even a physical one.
or,
no one manages to interest them, not even intellectually
The difference between man and woman: a woman, as she grows old gives herself up more and more to female affairs; a man, as he grows old, withdraws himself more and more from female affairs.
or,
The difference between man and woman: a man, as he grows old gives himself up more and more to male affairs; a woman, as she grows old, withdraws herself more and more from male affairs.
same/same
so where’s the big difference
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not presenting my own views, just defusing potential misogyny and ignorant cruelty
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