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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of th

I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. – Oscar Wilde, variously worded paraphrase, see quoteinvestigator.com/2015/10/25/c

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There are grammatical errors even in his silence. – StanisÅ‚aw J. Lec, Unkempt Thoughts, translated from Polish by Jacek GaÅ‚Ä…zka,

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[B]ut why care for grammar as long as we are good? – Artemus Ward (1834–1867), Pyrotechny, “V.—What This Young Man Said”

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[S]ometimes… quotation marks are an absolute crime against humanity. – Richard Lederer and John Shore, Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide to Punctuation

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If the English language had been properly organised by a businessman or Member of Parliament, then there would be a word which meant both “he” and “she”, and I could write, “If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis”, which would save a lot of trouble. – A.A. Milne

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God gave burdens, also shoulders. – Yiddish Proverb

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But marriage goes in waves. Youve got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just dont put the work and the effort into it. Youve got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall. – Anna Benson

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The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized. – Leland Stanford

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