As long as there are readers to be delighted with calumny there will be found reviewers to calumniate.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist]
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?
I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.
If her rump were any stiffer, she'd break it every time she rides', I thought to Pounce.'If she fell on the steps, they would never be able to put her together again', he replied.
Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.
Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.
Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you.
Good for you Woods. You're not as dumb as you look. Come to think of it, no one's as dumb as you look.
Is it me you're describing, or yourself?
She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.
You're not interesting in the least," she spat. "I don't need to be," I smiled. "That's what you need...And you're welcome to it.
Be thou as chaste as ice as pure as snow thou shalt not escape calumny.
In regards to maan (to seek importance from others), a man will become impudent if he keeps getting insulted up to a point. If he gets maan (importance from others) to a certain level, he grows strong...
I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.
After a year of therapy my psychiatrist said to me "Maybe life isn't for everyone."
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