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

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Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. – Ernest Hemingway (Thanks, Schanna)

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