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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard
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Robert E. Howard
Age: 30 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 22
Died: 1936
Died: June 11
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Any but the most brutish of men must be touched with a certain awe or wonder at the baring of a woman's naked soul.
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One man's bane is another's bliss.
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