Famous expressions

U.S. comedienne
It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

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Fred Allen

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1894—1956), letter to Groucho Marx, 12 June 1953
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.

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Walter Winchell

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1897—1972)
U.S. gossip columnist
A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

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Robert A. Heinlein,

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1907—1988), US science-fiction novelist
Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

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Evert Jan Ouweneel

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

The weaker our judgment the stronger our condemnation.

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Amy Leslie

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.

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Brigid De Vine

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

He took misfortune like a man--blamed it on his wife.

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Fran Lebowitz

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1950--)
U.S. writer
Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

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Benjamin Franklin

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1706—1790)
After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather.

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Samuel Johnson

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1709—1784)
English writer
The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to torture, and is not obliged to speak the truth.

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Aldous Huxley

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1894—1963)
English novelist
Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

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Jean de la Bruyere

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1645—1696), "Des Ouvrages de l'Esprit"
Everything has been said.

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La Rochefoucauld

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:37:05 +0300

In jealousy there is more of self love than of love to another.

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Louis La Rochefoucauld

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:37:05 +0300

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(1777—1815)
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

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Louis La Rochefoucauld

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:37:05 +0300

(1777—1815)
True love is like seeing ghosts: we all talk about it, but few of us have ever seen one.

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Milt Abel

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:35:34 +0300

U.S. comedian
For birth control, I rely on my personality.

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Gabrielle Burton

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:34:47 +0300

Speaking of rapists, even the most diehard feminist must admit that's one thing men do better than women.

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William Hamilton

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:32:09 +0300

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Forget living well. The best revenge is revenge.

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Irene Peter

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:31:27 +0300

Ignorance is no excuse--it's the real thing.

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Mary Marsh

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:30:29 +0300

The only time a woman wishes she was a year older is when she is expecting a baby.

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Richard Armour

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:29:24 +0300

(1906—1989)
U.S. humorous writer
Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

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Mary Wilson Little

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:28:39 +0300

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U.S. writer
If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform.

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Corey Ford

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1902—1969)
U.S. humorist
Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.

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Steve Martin

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1945--)
U.S. comedian
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

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Charles Lamb

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1775—1834)
English poet
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

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Kin Hubbard

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1868—1930)
U.S. humorist
I'll bet the hardest thing about prize fightin' is pickin' up yer teeth with a boxin' glove on.

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Michel de Montaigne

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1533—1592), French essayist
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

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Benjamin Franklin

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1706—1790)
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.

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Groucho Marx

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1890—1977)
U.S. comedian
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

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Christopher Morley

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1890—1957), "Shore Leave"
New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

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John Hughes

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

A man's tie should never be louder than his wife.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1858--1919) U.S. President
When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty'.

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Bertrand de Jouvenal

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1903—1987), French political theorist
A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

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Lewis Grizzard,

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1947—1994)
U.S. humorist
I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

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Euripedes

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(ca. 496—406), Greek dramatist
When there is no wine there is no love.

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Adlai Stevenson

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1900—1965)
U.S. political leader
In America, any boy may become President and I suppose that's just the risk he takes.

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Zenna Schaffer

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him of the entire weekend.

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E. Verrall Lucas

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1868—1938)
I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely.

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Franz Kafka

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1884—1924), Diaries of Franz Kafka, 21 July 1913
Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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Logan Pearsall Smith

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1865—1946)
U.S. essayistcritic
I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel.

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Gloria Steinem,

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1934-- )
U.S. activist
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

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J. De La Bruyere

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

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Will Rogers

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1879—1935)
U.S. humorist
We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.

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Carl Sandburg

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

"I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."

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Ringgold Lardner

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1885—1933), "How to Write Short Stories"
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

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Roseanne Barr,

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

(1953--)
U.S. comic
The fastest way to a man's heart is through his chest.

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Bill Vaughan

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1915—1977)
America is a land where a citizen will cross the ocean to fight for democracy--and won't even cross the street to vote in a national election.

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George Eliot

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1819—1880)
English novelist
Excessive literary production is a social offense.

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Holly Waits

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Men are like computers: I don't understand them, I just use them for my amusement.

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Robert Benchley

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

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(1889—1945), US humorist
The trouble with me is I can't worry. Damn it, I try to worry, and I can't.

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Anthony Trollope

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1815—1882)
English novelist
Nothing makes a man so cross as success.

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Rupert Hughes

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:17:15 +0300

(1872—1956)
U.S. author
Women's intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.

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Max Beerbohm

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:16:05 +0300

(1872—1956)
English writer
To mankind in general, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.

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Henry Mon

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:15:16 +0300

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Booze may not be the answer, but it helps you to forget the question.

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Mitch Berg

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:14:26 +0300

When I die, I'd like to be scattered over my hometown. But not, like, cremated or anything.

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Martial

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:13:43 +0300

(43—104), Roman epigrammatic poet
If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

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Martial

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:13:43 +0300

(43—104), Roman epigrammatic poet, Epigrams
My foolish parents taught me to read and write.

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Japanese proverb

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

If you wish to learn the highest truths, begin with the alphabet.

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Robert Benchley

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1889—1945)
U.S. humorist
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

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Alexander Woolcott

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1887—1943)
The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it.

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August Strindberg

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

(1849—1912), Swedish writer
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

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Jean de la Bruyere

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1645—1696), French author
It is because of men that women dislike each other.

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Terry Pratchett,

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:07:08 +0300

(1948--), Strata, 1981
Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.

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William Faulkner,

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1897—1962)
U.S. author
My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

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Mordecai Richler

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:25:42 +0300

Famous expressions

(1931--), Canadian writer
Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

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Mordecai Richler

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:25:42 +0300

(1931--), Canadian writer
Wherever I travel, I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere.

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Rita Rudner, American comedienne

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:24:45 +0300

Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the code...he turned himself in.

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Grace Hansen

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:12:53 +0300

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.

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David Lee Roth,

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

(1954--)
U.S. singer
Don't stick your tongue out unless you intend to use it.

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Kin Hubbard

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1868—1930)
U.S. humorist
A bad cold wouldn't be so annoying if it weren't for the advice of our friends.

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Marilyn Manson

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

I view my job as being someone who is supposed to piss people off. I don't want to be just one-of-the-guys. I don't want to be just a smiling face you see on television presenting some vapid kind of easily-digestible garbage. This is rock and roll. I want to be a rock and roll star! Rock and roll is about shaking things up, making people act and react. That's what I do.

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Jean Giradoux

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:30:03 +0300

(1882—1944), French dramatist
The secret to success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

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Lee Entrekin

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:10:31 +0300

Famous expressions

Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do.

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Paul Gallico

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:09:45 +0300

(1897—1976)
U.S. writer
Kittens can happen to anyone.

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Norman Lowery

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:08:39 +0300

It's a cat eat dog world.

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Nan Porter

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:07:50 +0300

If cats could talk, they wouldn't.

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Rob Kopack

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:07:10 +0300

Famous expressions

If cats could talk, they would lie to you.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1899—1980), film-maker
I have the perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

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Lily Tomlin

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1939--)
U.S. comedienne
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

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Erika Ritter

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1948--), Canadian playwright
I believe in women. Men are just unsubstantiated rumors.

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Mark Twain

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

(Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American author)
Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.

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Peter De Vries,

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1910--)
U.S. writer
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

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Clare Booth Luce

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1903—1987)
U.S. politician
Men love putting women on a pedestal because it's so much more satisfying when they knock them off.

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Mark Twain

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1835—1910)
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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Mark Twain

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Famous expressions

(1835—1910), Following the Equator, 1897
In the first place, God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1803—1883)
U.S. essayist
There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.

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Howard Ogden

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

Life is too short to balance a checkbook.

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Mark Twain

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:30:02 +0300

(1835—1910), Sketches Old and New, 1875
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.

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