"How empty is theory in the presence of…" — Mark Twain

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• Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if… — Pietro Aretino
• If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness… — Billie Joe Armstrong
• Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art… — Saint Augustine
• The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now… — Russell Baker
• This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never… — Amelia Barr
• There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than… — Jean Baudrillard
• Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of atheism… — Annie Besant
• Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of… — Annie Besant
• The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. — Aneurin Bevan
• Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. — Ambrose Bierce
• It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach. — Michael Bloomberg
• I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not… — Ben Affleck

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