A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil...

The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.

The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Without adventure civilization is in full decay

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

The devil is and always has been a gentleman.

The devil is and always has been a gentleman.