Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

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Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such...

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such...

You should realize that the community with which you deal is not the one of...

You should realize that the community with which you deal is not the one of...

It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold...

It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold...

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew,...

I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew,...

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like...

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like...

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are...

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are...

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of...

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of...

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave:...

Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.

Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.

I don't hate you, I never will. I just act like I do...because it's easier...

I don't hate you, I never will. I just act like I do...because it's easier...