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Quote by Peter McArthur
A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself

A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. – Peter McArthur

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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death. – Fran Lebowitz

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Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met. – Bill Fitch

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Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from behind. – Hesketh Pearson, The Whispering Gallery

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The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. – Ernest Hemingway

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