“All this buttoning and unbuttoning.”
— Anonymous 18th-century suicide note, cited in The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations
Quotations
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“A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double. The hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the fore part plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her till you tread upon it.” — Thoreau
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“In quarrelling the truth is always lost.” — Publilius Syrus
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“People born to be hanged are safe in water.” — Mark Twain’s mother
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“My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.” — Mark Twain
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“I know of no rule which holds so true as that we are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.” — Thoreau
Misc
- The telephone number 266-8687 spells both AMOUNTS and CONTOUR.
- 38856 = (38 – 85) × 6
- CARTHORSE is an anagram of ORCHESTRA.
- The French for paper clip is trombone.
- “The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.” — Samuel Butler
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“We can scarcely hate any one that we know.” — William Hazlitt
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- Tarzan’s yell is an aural palindrome.
- CONTAMINATED is an anagram of NO ADMITTANCE.
- The Swiss Family Robinson have no surname (“Robinson” refers to Robinson Crusoe).
- x2 – 2999x + 2248541 produces 80 primes from x = 1460 to 1539.
- “A great fortune is a great slavery.” — Seneca
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“It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren’t.” — Edith Nesbit