Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

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When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

there ain't no limits in life,that's why I keep on rolling dice.I wish everything was...

there ain't no limits in life,that's why I keep on rolling dice.I wish everything was...

Little by little one walks far

Little by little one walks far

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...