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Edmund BurkeRudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

—  Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman & philosopher

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Marty RubinPeople grow bitter and cynical about life because they can't bend it to their will.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

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Khalil GibranIf your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

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Duc de LevisHe who is never happy will never be happy.

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

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Ashleigh BrilliantNo man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

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Ashleigh BrilliantBe kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

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P.J. O’ RourkeAt the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

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Emile M. CioranI am displeased with everything. If they made me God, I would immediately resign.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Marty RubinPeople who are hard to please, in other words, idiots.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

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Wilson MiznerMost hard-boiled people are half-baked.

—  Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Mignon McLaughlinNeurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Mignon McLaughlinNeurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Bette DavisI have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and off-times disagreeable. I suppose I am larger than life.

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

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Kin HubbardIt's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

George EliotWhen death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Jean de La BruyèreCaprice in woman is the antidote to beauty.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

D. H. LawrenceThe more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HessePeople with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Marilyn MonroeI'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times, hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

Saul BellowIt seems, after all that there are no nonpeculiar people.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

Cyril ConnollyA mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant or ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. Neurotics are heartless.

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

Charles DickensI care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Bible Quotes

Old TestamentBetter to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

—  Old Testament ‐ Proverbs 21:1

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Funny Quotes

Dave LettermanThe worst-tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

—  Dave Letterman, 1947-, American TV talk show host

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Ancient Greek

DemocritusThe man who loves nobody is loved by nobody.

Ουδ’ υφ’ ενός φιλέεσθαι ο φιλέων μηδένα.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AristophanesYou will never make the crab walk straight.

Ούποτε ποτε ποιήσεις τον καρκίνον ορθά βαδίζειν.

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Peace

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Movie Quotes

Ace in the Hole (1951)I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you - you're twenty minutes.

—  from the film Ace in the Hole (1951)

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)I don't know what it is, but I am against it.

—  from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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