Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one…

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It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in...

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in...

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good...

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good...

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not...

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not...

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to...

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to...

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.