Respectable means rich, and decent means poor.
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Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.
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If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for the tinkers.
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There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.
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Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.
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I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
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