Every human being has like Socrates an attendant spirit and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do it always cautions us what not to do.

Lydia M. Child
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  1. I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.

  2. Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

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