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As to abuse, I thrive on it. Abuse, hearty abuse, is a tonic to all save men of indifferent health.

— Norman Douglas Some Limericks (1928)

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You can tell the values of a nation by its advertisements.

South Wind (1917)

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

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To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him—two.

Almanac (1941)

It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

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