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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. — George Eliot
probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone. — John F. Kennedy
There is a truth in Schopenhauer’s view that philosophy is an organism, and that a book on philosophy, with a beginning and end, is a… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are… — Albert Camus
Those promises we make to ourselves when we are younger, about how we mean to conduct our adult lives, can it be true we break… — Jonathan Lethem
There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes. — Charles Spurgeon
I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust.… — Bret Easton Ellis
This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I… — Napoleon Bonaparte
When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my… — Theodore Roosevelt
He never knew what hit him, and that would have comforted me, except . . . just for one second, he would have had to… — Lisa Kleypas
Because women can do nothing except love, they've given it a ridiculous importance. They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. It's… — W. Somerset Maugham
What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know? — William Saroyan
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth. — Dorothy Thompson
It was the old New York way...the way people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing… — Edith Wharton
A Christian society is not going to arrive until most of us really want it: and we are not going to want it until we… — C.S. Lewis
I couldn't help wondering, is my husband so unattractive that no woman has ever wanted him? Except me, of course. I must have wanted him,… — Graham Greene
But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of course they had… — Nancy Werlin
what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety? — Jonathan Lethem
There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely… — Terry Pratchett
The clock struck eleven and cat the vampire huntress was on the loose, except my battle armor was a push-up bra, curled hair, and a… — Jeaniene Frost
Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks… — Voltaire
Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you… — Banana Yoshimoto
But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense. — Astrid Lindgren
The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there… — P.J. O'Rourke

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