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

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Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

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...

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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....

To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

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...

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...

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...

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.

Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...