Over emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.

Quote by Jonathan Raban

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The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss...

The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss...

Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style,...

Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style,...

In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the...

In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the...

Beware of the man who does not drink.

Beware of the man who does not drink.

A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

A little learning is a dangerous thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to...

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to...

That's one of the things I look forward to about an evening like this -...

That's one of the things I look forward to about an evening like this -...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave...

For behold, I, God, have asuffered¢ these things for all, that they might not suffer...

For behold, I, God, have asuffered¢ these things for all, that they might not suffer...

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in...

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in...

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be...

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.

Let God work through you and there will be no more duty. Let God shine...

Let God work through you and there will be no more duty. Let God shine...

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...

Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the...

Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the...

I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

Twas a woman who drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank...

Twas a woman who drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank...

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.

Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the...

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the...

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a...

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a...