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I fight for my corner. I leave when the pub closes.
Winston Churchill Churchill is Dead at 90; The World Mourns Him; State Funeral Saturday · 1965

Quotes

“One loses everything when one loses one’s sense of humor.”

Ayn Rand · The Fountainhead, 1943 · Primary source

“One good husband is worth two good wives; for the scarcer things are the more they’re valued.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Thou canst not joke an enemy into a friend; but thou may’st a friend into an enemy.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.”

Ernest Hemingway · A Moveable Feast, 1964 · Primary source

Works

Liber · 1809
Liber Facetiarum: Being a Collection of Curious and Interesting Anecdotes

A wide-ranging collection of short anecdotes, curious incidents, historical observations, jokes, and memorable remarks drawn from numerous earlier sources.

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