The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it.

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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost,...