Quote #4086
First make yourself unpopular, then people will take you seriously.
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General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.
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I row after health like a waterman…
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Cervantes smiled Spain’s chivalry away A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his...
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Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be...
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Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.
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Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day...
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Idealism is what precedes experience cynicism is what follows.
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A good home must be made, not bought.
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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or...