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  1. The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

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  2. By the time a partnership dissolves, it has dissolved.

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  3. It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks latenesses, accepts absurd ex…

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