The Complete Cynic
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“There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.”
Source: The Complete Cynic
“Children, behold the Chimpanzee: He sits on the ancestral tree From which we sprang in ages gone.”
Source: This Giddy Globe
“A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.”
“A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.”
“Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.”
“Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.”
“The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.”
“What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.”
“Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.”
Source: The Complete Cynic
“When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.”
“There is always room at the top - after the investigation.”
Source: The Complete Cynic
“A pest is a person who can talk like an encyclopedia, and does.”
“Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.”
“Many are called but few get up.”
Source: The Complete Cynic
“Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.”
“Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.”
Source: The Complete Cynic
Source: The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...
Source: Artful Antics
“If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.”
Source: The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...