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Son, heed my instruction, and apply thyself to know women let thine eyes observe her when she is with another, for what she doeth with him, she will do with thee, also.
Gelett Burgess
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Gelett Burgess
Age: 85 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 30
Died: 1951
Died: September 18
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Boston
Massachusetts
Frank Gelett Burgess
Alan Braghampton
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If thou makest a statement concerning women, lo, she shall immediately try to disprove it straightway. She goeth by contraries.
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I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one But I can tell you, anyhow, I'd rather see than be one.
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As the cat lapses into savagery by night, and barbarously explores the dark, so primal and titanic is a woman with the love madness.
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