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Politicians tend to...

Politicians tend to...

Politicians tend to live in character and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism which describes...

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God is the...

God is the...

God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply...

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A nun, at...

A nun, at...

A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.

Source:...

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It takes a...

It takes a...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not...

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The beggar is...

The beggar is...

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

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It takes one...

It takes one...

It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son --and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of...

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Marriage: A souvenir...

Marriage: A souvenir...

Marriage: A souvenir of love.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby Adams,...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be...

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He who praises...

He who praises...

He who praises everybody praises nobody.

Source: Bowell, Life of Johnson
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Illness makes a...

Illness makes a...

Illness makes a man a scoundrel.

Source: Letter to Fanny Burney, Jan 1788
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It is wonderful...

It is wonderful...

It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any...

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I have always...

I have always...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means...

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Who remembers when...

Who remembers when...

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

Source: In Correct...

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The fellow that...

The fellow that...

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.

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APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An...

APPETITE, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor...

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BEFRIEND, v.t. To...

BEFRIEND, v.t. To...

BEFRIEND, v.t. To make an ingrate.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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BOUNDARY, n. In...

BOUNDARY, n. In...

BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one...

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CLOCK, n. A...

CLOCK, n. A...

CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of...

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To eat steak...

To eat steak...

To eat steak rare. . . represents both a nature and a morality.

Source:...

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