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There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious…
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Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
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Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.
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[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a…
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Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of…
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Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up…
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Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes…
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The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.
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When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.
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A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not…
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I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious…
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There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best…
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But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as…
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It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as…
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for the obvious reason that nature - unadulterated and unimproved by man - is simply chaos. In fact, the camera proves that…
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As a general rule of biology, migratory species are less 'aggressive' than sedentary ones. There is one obvious reason why this should…
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I wore a groove in the kitchen floor with endless trips to the fridge, hoping against hope that I had somehow missed…
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It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people,we can't spend our time simply trying to stay…
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Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the…
— Terry Pratchett
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Why take notes? The obvious reason is to remember. Visual note-taking translates what we hear into pictures that give context, color, and…
— Tom Wujec
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