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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. - Anthony Bu

The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang. – Anthony Burgess

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The English language is being augmented every year by about 400 new words. We cannot cope. We are drowning in the plethora. It – Anthony Burgess

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Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace. – Anthony Burgess

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Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through. – Anthony Burgess

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