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Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Topic: Matrimony
Author: Bible
We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.
Topic: Computer Science
Author: Henry Block
My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. My wife came home from work one day and found me in bed with her.
Topic: Men and Women
Author: Lenny Bruce
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.
Topic: Jury
Author: Harper Lee
The only one who can beat me is me.
Topic: Sports
Author: Michael Johnson
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.
Topic: Providence
Author: Alexander Pope
See, how these rascals use me! They will not let my play run, and yet they steal my thunder.
Topic: Acting
Author: John Dennis
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
Topic: Finance and Economics
Author: Benjamin Jowett
Don't be angry at a friend who told your secret, for neither could you keep it to yourself.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.
Topic: Perfection
Author: Beatrice Potter Webb
I do not waste my time in answering abuse, I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.
Topic: Abuse
Author: Henry Labouchere
To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?
Topic: Accident
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Topic: Apathy
Author: Albert Einstein
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the other be where he may.
Topic: Humility
Author: Charles Dickens
Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Topic: Luxury
Author: William Shakespeare
Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles , began to incounter each other.
Topic: Politics
Author: Sir Winston Leonard
Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.
Topic: Nature
Author: Robert Frost