The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it.

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.