In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
E. B. WHITEEnglish usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
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Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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