"Stupid people, people who do not know how to laugh, are always pompous and self-conceited."

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“Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny.”

“Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.”

“I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.”

“Them's my sentiments.”

“Bravery never goes out of fashion.”

“Of the Corporation of the Goosequill — of the Press, my boy, … of the fourth estate … There she is — the great engine — she never sleeps. She has her ambassadors in every quarter of the world — her couriers upon every road. Her officers march along with armies, and her envoys walk into statesmen's cabinets. They are ubiquitous.”

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"People tell me, "Lee, you should take up golf. It's good for you." You know what I say to that? "Fuck off."

— Lee Evans (comedian)

Music1964

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"The dictionary doesn’t have individual contributions. It’s like building a cathedral. The workers are unknown. But one of the things I tend to do is suggest that it might be interesting to have exampl…"

— Dany Laferrière

Entertainment1953

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"It is wrong to consider that courts are established for the benefit of the people. Those who want to perpetuate their power do so through the courts. If people were to settle their own quarrels, a thi…"

— Mahatma Gandhi

Politics1869–1948

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"In mind, she was of a strong and vigorous turn, having from her earliest youth devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which …"

— Charles Dickens

Literature1719–1793

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