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- What men call good fellowship is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter which lie close together to keep each other warm.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, especially if the goods are worthless.
- Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
- Someday Louisiana is going to get good government. And they ain't gunna like it.
- Earl K. Long
- Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
- Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
- Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- It's a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- The enemy came. He was beaten. I am tired. Goodnight.
- Vicomte Turenne, Message sent after the battle of Dunen, 658
- Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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