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“Wisely was it written: ‘Let him that desireth oblivion confer benefits—but the memory of an injury endureth for ever.’”

— F. Anstey The Brass Bottle (1900)

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I can’t call myself a busy man—unfortunately,” said Horace, with that frankness which scorns to conceal what other people know perfectly well already.

The Brass Bottle (1900)

The knowledge that one has a remedy within reach is often as effectual as the remedy itself, if not more so.

Tourmalin's Time Cheques (1885)

No doubt they would tolerate him now for the Professor’s sake; but who would not rather be ignored than tolerated?

The Brass Bottle (1900)

Models of manly beauty are rare out of novels, and seldom interesting in them.

The Brass Bottle (1900)

Drastic measures is Latin for a whopping.

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