Quote by Robert Benchley
The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a sta

The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest. – Robert Benchley

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There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. – Robert Benchley

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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with its just compounding the felony. – Robert Benchley

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There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back. – Jim Fiebig

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A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. – Italo Calvino

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English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action. – Marilyn Butler

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky

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