Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
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Most philosophical treatises show the human cerebrum loaded far beyond its Plimsoll mark.
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A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
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