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As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.
Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity.
I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary
Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.
What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.
Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
Science can never solve one problem without raising ten more problems.
Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.
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It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.
Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.