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One of the...

One of the...

One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the...

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It seems that...

It seems that...

It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations.

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ARENA, n. In...

ARENA, n. In...

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his...

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BATTLE, n. A...

BATTLE, n. A...

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the...

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CONTEMPT, n. The...

CONTEMPT, n. The...

CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be...

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To place your...

To place your...

To place your ideas and your dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naive.

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Only the weak...

Only the weak...

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Source:...

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The only sensual...

The only sensual...

The only sensual pleasure without vice.

Source: Referring to music. Johnsonian...

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The return of...

The return of...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity...

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You find no...

You find no...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is...

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Democracy is only...

Democracy is only...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and...

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Remorse is regret...

Remorse is regret...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.

Source:
-- H L Mencken,...

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Get together a...

Get together a...

Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a...

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I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Source: Rambler, no. 141 (London, 23...

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If pleasure was...

If pleasure was...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Source: The Idler, no....

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If I had...

If I had...

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a...

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It is as...

It is as...

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.

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No money is...

No money is...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Source:...

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It is easier...

It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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What a man...

What a man...

What a man calls his conscience is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or...

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