It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

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Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

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I detest life-insurance agents they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

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I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

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I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

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It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

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Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

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On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing.

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He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

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There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

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