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Fifty-one percent of stolen art is found in art catalogs. People try to fence it,


Charles Prouty

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CHARLES DUHIGG Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
CHARLES DICKENS Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends, An incarnation of fat dividends.
CHARLES SPRAGUE The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance;
We find delight in the most loathsome things;<...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."

("The dev...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE the way to create art is to burn and destroy
ordinary concepts and to substitute them
with...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth...
CHARLES LAMB Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man...
CHARLES RICHARDS