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- William Jennings Bryan Publishing
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
-- Albert Einstein Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
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- Lucille S. Harper Publishing
A coward is a hero with a wife, kids, and a mortgage.
-- Marvin Kitman Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.
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-- H. Jackson Brown Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda
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-- Oscar Wilde Publishing
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
-- Cicero My wife doesn't care what I do away from home, as long as I don't enjoy it. I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about "short" and
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-- Phyllis Diller If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.
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-- Michael Leunig Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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