"Learning is the property of those who fear……" — Pietro Aretino

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• Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. — Aneurin Bevan
• Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his… — Ambrose Bierce
• My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it… — Winston Churchill
• Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when… — Leonard Cohen
• I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the… — Hiram Maxim
• One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• You can disagree without being disagreeable. — Zig Ziglar
• When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations. — James Boswell
• For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. — Samuel Johnson
• Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent. — John of the Cross
• Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.)… — Ambrose Bierce

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