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“He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment.”
― Carry On, Jeeves
― Carry On, Jeeves
“Niemand, dus sprak hij, mocht zich ‘n oordeel over hem aanmatigen, omdat niemand ‘t flauwste begrip kòn hebben van de heftige geschoktheid zijner ziel. Hij plaatste zich op ‘n zeer hautain standpunt en kraamde velerlei wijsheden uit.”
― De duistere macht
― De duistere macht
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
― The Moon and Sixpence
― The Moon and Sixpence
“(An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, “As you will no doubt have foreseen.”)”
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― The Complete Poems
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