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— Honore de Balzac"Prostitution and robbery are two living protests, respectively female and male, made by the natural state against the social state."
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When the Hymalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted, rends the peasant tooth and nail, For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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