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Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion.
Topic: Flags
Author: John Milton
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.
Topic: Sports
Author: Jimmy Demaret
The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.
Topic: Humor
Author: Charlie Chaplin
If Mr. Vincent Price were to be co-starred with Miss Bette Davis in a story by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe directed by Mr. Roger Corman, it could not fully express the pent-up violence and depravity of a single day in the life of the average family.
Topic: Men and Women
Author: Quentin Crisp
God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine-- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget!
Topic: Forgetfulness
Author: Rudyard Kipling
In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there. -P. L. Berger.
Topic: Love
Author: P L Berger
On the 10th of July 1553, about two hours after noon, a loud discharge of ordnance burst from the turrets of Durham House, then the residence of the Duke of Northumberland, grandmaster of the realm, and occupying the site of the modern range of buildings known as the Adelphi; and at the signal, which was immediately answered from every point along the river where a bombard or culverin could be planted-- . . .
Topic: Books First Lines
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Topic: Progress
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.
Topic: Miscellaneous
Author: Anonymous
Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.
Topic: Agriculture
Author: Alexander Pope
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.
Topic: Law
Author: Alex Levin
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
Topic: Heaven
Author: Lord Byron
Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?
Topic: Jealousy
Author: Edward Moore
Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
Topic: Sweetness
Author: Ben Jonson
The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.
Topic: Computer Science
Author: Gregory Dean Jr
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
Topic: Bravery
Author: Aristotle
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
Topic: All About Love
Author: Louis K Anspacher
I have offended reputation, A most unnoble swerving.
Topic: Reputation
Author: William Shakespeare