Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

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What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I...

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes...

If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours...

If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...

Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love...