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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be…
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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains…
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
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A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to…
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What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he…
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The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
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Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which…
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he…
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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up…
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.…
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it…
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Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.
— Aneurin Bevan
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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
— Ambrose Bierce
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My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so…
— Winston Churchill
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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests…
— Leonard Cohen
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I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree…
— Hiram Maxim
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One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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You can disagree without being disagreeable.
— Zig Ziglar
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
— James Boswell
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For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
— Samuel Johnson
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Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.
— John of the Cross
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Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister…
— Ambrose Bierce
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