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“Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun.… With this the gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it?”

— Dorothy Parker

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It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. “Aha, my little dear,” I say, “Your clan will pay me back one day.”

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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Roumania.

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He'd have the best, and that was none too good;  No barrier could hold, before his terms. He lies below, correct in cypress wood,  And entertains the most exclusive worms.

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