“Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.”
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18
“The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.”
maj
18
“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.”
maj
18
“The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part.”
maj
18
“In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything.”
maj
18
“An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.”