“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” — Adolf Hitler
Quotations
“Wonderful Peculiarity in the English Character!”
“The French, however wretched may be their condition, are attached to life, while the English frequently detest life in the midst of affluence and splendour. English criminals are not dragged, but run to the place of execution, where they laugh, sing, cut jokes, insult the spectators; and if no hangman happens to be present, frequently hang themselves.”
— Memoirs of Lewis Holberg, quoted in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, July 28, 1827
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“My toughest fight was with my first wife.” — Muhammad Ali
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“From today painting is dead.” — Portraitist Paul Delaroche, on seeing an exhibition of daguerreotypes, 1839
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“Just because swans mate for life, I don’t think it’s that big a deal. First of all, if you’re a swan, you’re probably not going to find a swan that looks much better than the one you’ve got, so why not mate for life?” — Jack Handy
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“All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.” — Louis Armstrong
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Oscar Wilde: “Do you mind if I smoke?”
Sarah Bernhardt: “I don’t care if you burn.”
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“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” — Albert Einstein
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“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then give up. No use being a damned fool about it.” — W.C. Fields
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“Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!” — Walt Disney, during his last illness