Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

Madame De Stael
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  2. A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. - Oscar Wilde

  3. Big words from a guy who's trussed up like a turkey. What are you going to do, wobble over here like an upside- down turtle to snap me in half?"" The logistics of breaking you are easy. The only question is when. - Susan Ee

  4. To have a viable civilization, people have to have a benign government, a semblance of education, spare time, imagination, and manners - Jonathan Chamberlain Williams

  5. For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle. - Ernest Hemingway

More Quotes By Madame De Stael
  1. One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

  2. Enthusiasm signifies God in us.

  3. Who understands much forgives much.

  4. Sow good services sweet remembrances will grow from them.

  5. To pray together in whatever tongue or ritual is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.

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