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In the mirrorlike relationship between wine and human beings, Zinfandel owned more reflective properties than any other grape; in its infinite mutability, it was capable of expressing almost any philosophical position or psychological function. As a result, its own "true" nature might never be known.

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Lie Down and Roll Over and 159 Other Ways To Say I Love You

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Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.

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Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

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The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperment of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

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Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.

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As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject.

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Newspapers should have no friends.

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When vultures watching your civilization begin dropping dead, it is time to pause and wonder.

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The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

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