You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony. John Barrymore US actor (1882 - 1942) I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) ...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded... Plato, _Phaedrus_ Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC - 347 BC) Brevity is the soul of lingerie. Dorothy Parker US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967) The more one is hated, I find, the happier one is. Louis Ferdinand Celine Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876 US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome British humor writer (1859 - 1927) No good deed goes unpunished. Clare Booth Luce US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, & politician (1903 - 1987) The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open. Groucho Marx US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977) |