if a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness … - Agnes Repplier

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I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.

Agnes Repplier

if a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness is ascertained, his friends invariably credit him with a host of shining qualities which, we are given to understand, lie balked and frustrated by his one unfortunate weakness.

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