Quote #40

I suppose I could wear a hat, but then my teeth would fall out to spite me. I could get false ones, but doubtless then I would get fat just to prove my teeth work. The easiest course is to drape my whole body in robes and shawls and hope no one recognizes my eyes.

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  1. The Republican party makes even its young men seem old; the Democratic Party makes even its old men seem young.
  2. We live in an era of revolution - the revolution of rising expectations.
  3. Well, speaking as a Christian, I would like to say that I find the Apostle Paul appealing and the Apostle Peale appalling.
  4. He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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  7. Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
  8. All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.…

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