... Our second completely true news item was sent to me by Mr. H. Boyce Connell Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., where he is involved in a law firm. One thing I like about the South is, folks there care about tradition. If somebody gets handed a name like "H.

Who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

I would have made a good pope.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Many hands make light work.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

There is a limit to the admiration we may hold for a man who spends his waking hours poking the contents of chickens with a stick.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what rid

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The 'A' is for content, the 'minus' is for not typing it. Don't ever do this to my eyes again.

"Quite frankly, I don't like you humans. After what you all have done, I find being 'inhuman' a compliment."

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Every cloud engenders not a storm.

There's no such thing as an original sin.

Just weigh your own hurt against the hurt of all the others, and then do what's best.

You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him what he meant.

Sometimes, too long is too long.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. War is peace.

Well, you know, no matter where you go, there you are.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore,

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

I value kindness to human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and old men

Money doesn't talk, it swears.

The Least Successful Police Dogs America has a very strong candidate in "La Dur", a fearsome looking schnauzer hound, who was retired from the Orlando police force in Florida in 1978. He consistently refused to do anything which might ruffle or of

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.

How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?

At twenty-six, Kate, though not promiscuous, had slept with most of the decent men in public life.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Hope not, lest ye be disappointed.

All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.

Joe Cool always spends the first two weeks at college sailing his frisbee.

Sorry 'bout that sweat, honey. That's just holy water.

There is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation. If you are in a fit of the blues, go nowhere else.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

In regards to Oral Roberts' claim that God told him that he would die unless he received $20 million by March, God's lawyers have stated that their client has not spoken with Roberts for several years. Off the record, God has stated that "If I had w

In charity there is no excess.