"Early to Bed and Early to Rise is a Bad Rule for any one who wishes to become acquainted with our most Prominent and Influential People."

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“Moral: Don't try to Account for Anything.”

“In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of entertainment.”

“Whom are you?" he said, for he had been to night school.”

“MORAL: If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.”

“She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.”

“MORAL: When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window.”

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Literature1888–1959

#Human Nature

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— Michael Parenti

Science1933–2026

#Human Nature

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Science1923–2020

#success

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— Nicky Morgan

Politics1972

#family