Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals. ~Bill Dedman
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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