"The only thing more exhausting than sleeping on a bad mattress is shopping for a new one."

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Elisabeth Leamy

“A lot of people are doing something about their weight, but by their own reckoning, it isn't enough to get the results they want”
“The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.”
“I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.”
“Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.”
“It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world.”
“I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness.”
“A beautiful eyelash is an important adjunct to the eye. The lashes may be lengthened by trimming them occasionally in childhood. Care should be taken that this trimming is done neatly and evenly, and especially that the points of the scissors do not penetrate the eye.”

Source : Eliza Bisbee Duffey (1877). “The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Etiquette: A Complete Manual of the Manners and Dress of American Society. Containing Forms of Letters, Invitations, Acceptances and Regrets. With a Copious Index”
“It's hard to lose when your standards are so low.”

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