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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.

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It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 8th, 1894

Died: November 2nd, 1961

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