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“"She's a very charming and delightful creature," quoth Mr. Robert Sawyer, in reply; "and has only one fault that I know of, Ben. It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. She don't like me."”

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Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club

Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club

“The Secretary, working in the Dismal Swamp betimes next morning, was informed that a youth waited in the hall who gave the name of Sloppy. The footman who communicated this intelligence made a decent pause before uttering the name, to express that it was forced on his reluctance by the youth in question, and that if the youth had had the good sense and good taste to inherit some other name it would have spared the feelings of him the bearer.”

Ifs Made Feelings Funny Next Names Morning Youth Taste Humorous Decent Halls Secretary Pauses Good Sense Good Taste Swamps Sloppy Reluctance

Book:Our Mutual Friend

Source: Our Mutual Friend

“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”

Humor Funny Politics History Taste Laughter Humorous Witty Broke Underestimate Bad Taste American Leadership American Strength

Author:H. L. Mencken

“An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.”

Persons Taste Ego Lows Humorous Profound Definitions Insane Egotism

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“Many years ago I chased a woman for almost two years, only to discover that her tastes were exactly like mine: we both were crazy about girls.”

Years Two Girl Crazy Mines Taste Humorous Years Ago Two Years

Book:The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx

Source: The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx

“Here is the piece. If you can't say fornicate can you say copulate or if not that can you say co-habit? If not that would have to say consummate I suppose. Use your own good taste and judgment.”

Ifs Use Funny Pieces Habit Taste Judgment Humorous Good Taste Swearing Profanity Obscenity Taste And Judgment

Book:Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961

Source: Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961

“Dressing is a matter of taste, and I've met very few Republicans with good taste.”

Matter Political Politics Fashion Republican Taste Mets Humorous Democrat Dressings Good Taste

Author:Willie Brown

“The beer sold here in the United States is sweet and watery and lacking in taste and overcarbonated and just generally the lamest, wimpiest beer in the entire known world. All the other nations are drinking Ray Charles beer, and we are drinking Barry Manilow.”

World States Funny America Nations United Known United States Sweet Taste Humorous Drinking Beer Rays Lacking

Book:Dave Barry's Greatest Hits

Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits