Manners are love in a cool climate.

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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...

All mankind loves a lover.

All mankind loves a lover.

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold peopleï¿½s hands, people...

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold peopleï¿½s hands, people...