Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

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A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except...

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most...

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most...

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really...

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that...

Objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that...

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets....

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets....

The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.

If I ever, I mean if I ever see you here again, you die.

If I ever, I mean if I ever see you here again, you die.