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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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.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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...

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...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

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...

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...

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...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

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.

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

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...

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

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.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

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...

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the...

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...

The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a...