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> [ Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one \[Macbeth\] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/shakespeare-who-never-could-think-up-a-plot-by-himself-found-this-one/)

[Richard Armour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-armour/)

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## More by Richard Armour

> [This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/this-golfer-has-a-wicked-slice-and-quite-a-follow-through-that-s-why/)

[Richard Armour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-armour/)

> [Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/beauty-is-only-skin-deep-and-the-world-is-full-of-thin-skinned-people/)

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> [Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/book-burning-is-a-charming-old-custom-hallowed-by-antiquity-it-has/)

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> [Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/politics-it-seems-to-me-for-years-or-all-too-long-has-been-concerned/)

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> [I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/i-ve-suffered-from-all-of-the-hang-ups-known-and-none-is-as-bad-as/)

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> [Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/retired-is-being-tired-twice-i-ve-thought-first-tired-of-working-then/)

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> [“Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/shake-and-shake-the-catsup-bottle-none-will-come-and-then-a-lot-ll/)

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> [If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/if-we-cannot-define-stupidity-at-least-we-can-trace-most-human/)

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> [The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/the-hand-is-quicker-than-the-eye-is-but-somewhat-slower-than-the-fly/)

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> [Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/rather-than-earn-money-it-was-thoreau-s-idea-to-reduce-his-wants-so/)

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> [In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/in-such-novels-as-this-side-of-paradise-and-the-great-gatsby/)

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> [Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/middle-age-is-the-time-of-life-that-a-man-first-notices-in-his-wife/)

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> [How I love to get a letter! I can think of nothing better Than perusing an epistolary item. But deep is my despondence, For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/how-i-love-to-get-a-letter-i-can-think-of-nothing-better-than/)

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> [Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/libraries-here-is-where-people-one-frequently-finds-lower-their/)

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> [I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-armour/i-love-a-finished-speaker-i-really-truly-do-i-don-t-mean-one-who-s/)

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