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When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his
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Never practice two vices at once.
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Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to
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-- G. K. Chesterton He who laughs last didn't get it.
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Whatever women do they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was
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-- Garry Trudeau Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday
afternoon.
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It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
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