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“Homosexual,' generally used in scientific works is of course a bastard word. 'Homogenic' has been suggested, as being from two roots, both Greek, i.e., 'homos,' same, and 'genos,' sex.”
― Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex: A Study Of Some Transitional Types Of Men And Women

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“When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
― Hillaire Belloc

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“Everything intelligent is so boring.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
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