The Classics Reclassified
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“Scott calls Bois-Guilbert 'an unprincipled voluptuary,' which is hard to improve on.”
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“Almost nothing is known about Homer, which explains why so much has been written about him.”
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“Some people can carry a tune, but they seem to stagger under the load.”
“That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.”
“It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.”
“In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.”
“Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.”
Source: Going Like Sixty: A Lighthearted Look at the Later Years
“I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on.”
Source: Out of my mind
“If you convinced me And I convinced you, Would there not still be Two points of view?”
Source: For Partly Proud Parents
“There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.”
Source: Twisted Tales from Shakespeare, in which Shakespeare's Best-known Plays are Presented in a New Light: The Old Light Having Blown a Fuse; Together with Introductions, Questions, Appendices, and Other Critical Apparatus Intended to Contribute to a Clearer Misunderstanding of the Subject
Source: American Lit Relit
Source: English lit relit: a short history of English literature from the precursors (before swearing) to the Pre-Raphaelites and a little after, intended to help students see the thing through, or see through the thing, and omitting nothing unimportant
Source: It all started with freshman English: a survival kit for students and teachers of English and a relaxed review for those who are happily past it all
“[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.”
“The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is.”
“Shake and shake the catsup bottle none will come and then a lot'll.”
“Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.”
“G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole.”
“Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.”
Source: A Safari Into Satire
“Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.”
“Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.”
“Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife.”
“They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on”
“I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.”
“A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.”
“When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.”