The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

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Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.