"Even that crazy lunatic,
my aunt the Empress,
was absolutely sweet
and charming."
Lord Mountbatten

"There are three
roads to ruin;
women,
gambling
and technicians.
The most pleasant
is with women,
the quickest
is with gambling,
but the surest
is with technicians."
Georges Pompidou

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"Don't gamble;
take all your savings
and buy some good stock
and hold it till it goes up,
then sell it.
If it don't go up,
don't buy it."
Will Rogers

"I knew
there was an old axe
down cellar;
that is all I knew."
Lizzie Andrew Borden

"Belladonna, n.:
In Italian a beautiful lady;
in English a deadly poison.
A striking example
of the essential identity
of the two tongues."
Ambrose Bierce

"My mother
had a great deal
of trouble with me,
but I think
she enjoyed it."
Mark Twain

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"When you see 10 troubles
rolling down the road,
if you don't do anything,
9 of them
will roll into a ditch
before they get to you."
Calvin Coolidge