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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.
• Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious…
• Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
• Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.
• [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…
• Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of…
• Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up…
• Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes…
• The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.
• When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.
• A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not…
• 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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