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- No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
- W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
- I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
- Paul Fussell
- Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
- Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
- You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
- Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
- Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
- There are more fools in the world than there are people.
- Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
- There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
- William James (1842 - 1910)
- Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
- Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
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