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The ability to...

The ability to...

The ability to make love frivolously is the thing that distinguishes human beings from...

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Gradually I came...

Gradually I came...

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey,...

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Caution: These verses...

Caution: These verses...

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Source: Introduction to...

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Comedy deflates the...

Comedy deflates the...

Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the...

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We talk of...

We talk of...

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourself, first, to...

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Man has an...

Man has an...

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

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The best way...

The best way...

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it...

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Through the magic...

Through the magic...

Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color...

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As hard as...

As hard as...

As hard as the nails on a crucifix.

Source: On MIldred Dunnock's portrayal of the...

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Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

Source: Human Options, Norton 81
-- Norman...

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Drink, and dance...

Drink, and dance...

Drink, and dance and laugh and lie,
Love the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But,...

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Excuse my dust....

Excuse my dust....

Excuse my dust.

Source: Alternative epitaph; in While Rome Burns, Our Mrs. Parker...

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Lips that taste...

Lips that taste...

Lips that taste of tears, they say
Are the best for kissing.


Source:...

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Some books makes...

Some books makes...

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me the...

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That's the point...

That's the point...

That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting.

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The public have...

The public have...

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Source: In

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Happiness, I have...

Happiness, I have...

Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.

Source:...

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One good turn...

One good turn...

One good turn deserves another.

Source: Satyricon, sec. 45.
-- Petronius...

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The mark of...

The mark of...

The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons...

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Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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