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At the Algonquin Round Table, as Woollcott was autographing one of his books and enjoying being the center of attention.

— Alexander Woollcott

Alexander Woollcott: What could be rarer than a Woollcott First Edition?
Franklin Pierce Adams: A Woollcott second edition.

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All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs.

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

Referring to George Bernard Shaw in While Rome Burns (1934)

I have no need of your God-damned sympathy. I only wish to be entertained by some of your grosser reminiscences.

Letter to Rex O'Malley (1942)

He was the kind of man who kept a diagram showing where you sat when you dined with him and what you ate, lest he serve you the same dish when you came again.

Introduction to The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (1939)

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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