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The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French.

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It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt

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The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket ...more

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I persuaded him to throw the dirk away and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.

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He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do ...more

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Everybody granted that if "Tom" were white and free it would be unquestionably right to punish him--it would be no loss to anybody; but to shut up a v...more

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Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude. He...more

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He done his level best.Was he a mining on the flat..He done it with a zest..Was he a leading of the choir..He done his level best.If he'd a reg'lar ta...more

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In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their o...more