I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence.

Mordecai Richler
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  2. Shame on you. Don't tell me you've been married for an hour and you've already got eyes for another woman.

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