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What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do.
Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.
We are a fluke of nature, a quirk of evolution, a glorious contingency.
Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.
Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly.
Nursing is a kind of mania; a fever in the blood; an incurable disease.
The limitless jet-lag purgatory of Immigration and Baggage at Heathrow.
The secret of getting along with people is that of postponing quarrels.
I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take.
Nothing seems interesting when it belongs to you, only when it doesn't.
Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible.
Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.
In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters.
A snick by Jack Hobbs is a sort of disturbance of a cosmic orderliness.
Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.
That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us.
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.
It is inconceivable how much wit it requires to avoid being ridiculous.
Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.
Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.
Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.
Educational progress is a national concern; education is a private one.
Some of my favorite places I have been in my life exist only in dreams.
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.
Next to the highest peak of happiness, there’s the deepest gap of pain.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets that she took him.
No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out.
The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne
I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.
The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.
I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.
Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.
Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains
Religion disapproves of original thought the way Dracula does sunlight.
Why is it that all cars are women? Because they're fussy and demanding.
I thought you couldn't make it here until morning," I said. "I hurried.
I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.
Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron.
No-pocket jeans are only slightly less irritating than thong underwear.