The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
Author : H. L. Mencken
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Author : Dave Barry
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
Author : Anita Brookner
All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You’d be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.
Author : Isaac Asimov
I pledged California to a Northern Republic and to a flag that should have no treacherous threads of cotton in its warp, and the audience came down in thunder.
Author : Thomas Starr King
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
Author : George Bernard Shaw
The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.
Author : Hermann Broch
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.
Author : Khalil Gibran
My life isn’t necessarily more important than anyone else’s: I’m just better in talking about it.
Author : Adam Duritz
I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don’t take on characteristics which are very alien to me.
Author : Jeremy Irons
