Anonymous Quotes

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English cooking: put things in hot water and take them out again after a while.

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A swarm of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.

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This place is where death rejoices to come to the aid of life.

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I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

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Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
He learned to play when he was young.
But all the tune that he could play Was "Over the hills and far away."

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On accountancy:
A profession whose idea of excitement is sharpening a bundle of no. 2 pencils.

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Habeas corpus [You are to produce the person].

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I must go walk so the wood so wild,
And wander here and there In dread and deadly fear;
For where I trusted I am beguiled,
And all for one.

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Most Gracious Queen, we thee implore
To go away and sin no more,
But if that effort be too great,
To go away at any rate.

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One misty, moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
I chanced to meet an old man Clothed all in leather;
He began to compliment,
And I began to grin—
"How do you do?" and "How do you do?"
And "How do you do?" again!

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What poor astronomers are they Take women's eyes for stars!

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It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk or running for office.

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Sure, now ivery child knows what's guvermint. It's half a dozen gintlemen an' the loike maybe, that meets an' thinks what's best fer thimsilves, an' thin says that's best fer us — an' that's guvermint.

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The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows that the average man can see much better than he can think.

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A religious person should have three bones — a wishbone for high ideals, a backbone for good resolutions, and a funny bone for ups and downs.

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Man occasionally stumbles on the truth, but then just picks himself up and hurries on regardless.

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Women's faults are many,
Men have only two:
Everything they say
And everything they do.

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Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.

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Prostitutes for pleasure, concubines for service, wives for breeding … A melon for ecstasy.

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God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Savior,
Was born on Christmas Day.

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Two things stand like stone: kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own.

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And when he goes to heaven To Saint Peter he will tell: Another Marine reporting, sir; I've served my time in hell!

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He gives twice who gives promptly.

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"I'll rest," said he, "but thou shalt walk"; So doth this wandering Jew From place to place, but cannot rest For seeing countries new.

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Faster than a speeding bullet!…Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Yes, it's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet…Who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who—disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper—fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and the American way!

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O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye,
But me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'.

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As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,
As I walked out in Laredo one day,
I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen, Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay.

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And this is law, I will maintain,
Unto my dying day, sir,
That whatsoever king shall reign,
I'll still be the Vicar of Bray, sir!

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I'm proud to be a hillbilly.... Some of the proudest people in this country are poor people.

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Above all else never let people know how physically unattractive they actually are. Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful.

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