Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

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For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build...

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build...

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but...

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but...

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of...

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or...

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or...

It didn't dawn on me until you were gone just how much I would mis...

It didn't dawn on me until you were gone just how much I would mis...

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.