We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

Quote by Robert Benchley

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There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance...

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance...

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying...

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but...

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed...

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed...

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to...

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

The little I know I owe to my ignorance.

The little I know I owe to my ignorance.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence