Familiarity breeds contempt -- and children. Mark Twain's Notebook
Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit. The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces
Art thou angry with him whose arm-pits stink? art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? What good will this anger do thee? Book V
Chess ... a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time. The Irrational Knot
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