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A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.
Sep 29, 2025
He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.
I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.
Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.
He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up
I don't know what makes you so dumb but it really works.
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.
He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.
[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
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