The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

Lady Nancy Astor
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  1. A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

  2. I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

  3. What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year?

  4. I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.

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