In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.

William Hazlitt
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  4. When two warring people face each other, the war of words jumps beyond the subject. The subject remains no more central to the arguments.

  5. Men and women…they are interested in each others bodies first. Other things come later.

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