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 | "?If the law supposes that,? said Mr. Bumble ... ?the law is a ass, a
idiot.?" | |
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Charles Dickens
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| "A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can"t expect an
apostle to look out." | |
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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| "A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of
succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help
perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did." | |
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Konrad Lorenz
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| "A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like
the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what is set
before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing." | |
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Thomas Nashe
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| "An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down." | |
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George Eliot
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| "If an ass goes traveling he will not come home a horse." | |
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Thomas Fuller
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| "There"s no fence or fortress against an ass laden with gold." | |
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James Howell
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| "VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest
ass." | |
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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| "While you"re saving your face, you"re losing your ass." | |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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