If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear...

Satire is focused bitterness.

Satire is focused bitterness.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not...

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to...

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness,...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not...

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

For what is it but an exquisite and priceless chance of salvation due to God...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or...

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...