Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal...

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal...

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If...

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If...

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification....

It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification....

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is...

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is...

If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an...

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an...

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman...

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman...

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein...

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein...

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race...

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race...