No.68

The Things People Say

I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life, and, as soon as I done it, I seen it. -  CARL SANDBURG 1878-1967

I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds. - MARK TWAIN 1835-1910

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. - JACK LEMMON 1925-2001

This very night I am going to leave off tobacco. Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realised. - CHARLES LAMB 1775-1834

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. - JOSEPH BRODSKY - 1940-96

Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. - MARCUS AURELIUS 121-180 AD

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. -ANITA BOOKNER 1928-2015

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882-1941

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