"As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a bloody and murdering practise than a fellowly sport or pastime."

-- Philip Stubbs

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“That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.”
“If I can make someone laugh, I lift them out of their fundamentally tragic existence.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org
“Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.”

Source : Will Cuppy (1929). “How to be a Hermit: Or, A Bachelor Keeps House”, Castrovilli Giuseppe
“If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch the rabbit.”
“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.”

Source : "Abbas Kiarostami's best shot". Interview with Abbas Kiarostami, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2009.
“Those that were up themselves, kept others low; Those that were low themselves, held others hard; He suffered them to ryse or greater grow; But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.”
“If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up.”

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