"A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Funny Quotes #Anniversary Quotes #Marriage Quotes

“I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.”
“Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.”
“Maybe love, like suffering, is relative.”

Source : Dan Chaon (2009). “Among the Missing”, p.89, Ballantine Books
“Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.”
“We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.”

Source : Robert Burton, William H. Gass (2001). “The Anatomy of Melancholy”, NYRB Classics
“You cannot be fresh and feeling fine, wearing a washed vest under an unwashed shirt; or, an unwashed vest over a washed shirt. Both have to be clean, to provide a sense of tingling joy. So too outer and inner cleanliness is but the reflection of the inner achievement.”
“I have no fear in moving up (in weight) and fighting.”
“We must bear in recollection that the sentiment of the picture is that of solemnity, not gaiety & nothing garish, but the contrary - yet it must be bright, clear, alive fresh, and all the front seen.”

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