Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
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How fleeting are all human passions compared to the massive continuity of ducks.
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As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.
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I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.
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Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
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A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
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