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Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

“Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it’s usually too late, and not in the barroom downstairs?”—Christopher Morley, American journalist, 1890-1957

Posted on February 6, 2021February 6, 2021

“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

“Most people my age are dead.”—Casey Stengel, American baseball manager, 1890-1975

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”—H.L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

“A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.”—Molière, French playwright, 1622-1673

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

“Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on January 22, 2021

“I used to be Snow White—but I drifted.”—Mae West, American actress,1893-1980

Posted on January 19, 2021

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.”—Harlan Ellison, American science-fiction author, 1934-2018

Posted on January 13, 2021

“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”—Theodore Sturgeon, American science-fiction author, 1918-1985

Posted on January 5, 2021

“One more drink and I’ll be under the host.”—Dorothy Parker, American writer, 1893-1967

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