The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.

Quote by James Branch Cabell

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I am willing to taste any drink once.

I am willing to taste any drink once.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we...

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we...

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The...

Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The...

Patriotism is the religion of hell

Patriotism is the religion of hell

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

Patriotism is the religion of hell.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is...

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is...

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for...

People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for...

Women gain weight after marriage. Men gain weight after divorce.

Women gain weight after marriage. Men gain weight after divorce.

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

In business partnerships and marriage partnerships, O' the cheating that goes on

Marriage is too important to be treated like a love affair

Marriage is too important to be treated like a love affair

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

The first bond of society is marriage.

The first bond of society is marriage.

There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate...

There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate...