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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

Jane and I got mixed up with a television show -- or as we call it back
east here: TV -- a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible
Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium -- we call it a medium
because nothing's well done. It was discovered, I suppose you've heard,
by a man named Fulton Berle, and it has already revolutionized social
grace by cutting down parlour conversation to two sentences: "What's on
television?" and "Good night".
                -- Goodman Ace, letter to Groucho Marx, in The Groucho
                   Letters, 1967
All people are born alike -- except Republicans and Democrats.
                -- Groucho Marx
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
                -- Groucho Marx
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
                -- Groucho Marx
If you stew apples like cranberries, they taste more like prunes than
rhubarb does.
                -- Groucho Marx
Thirteen at a table is unlucky only when the hostess has only twelve chops.
                -- Groucho Marx
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
                -- Groucho Marx
From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down I was convulsed
with laughter.  Some day I intend reading it.
                -- Groucho Marx, from "The Book of Insults"
I could dance with you till the cows come home.  On second thought, I'd rather
dance with the cows till you come home.
                -- Groucho Marx
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
                -- Groucho Marx
I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
                -- Groucho Marx
I'd never join any club that would have the likes of me as a member.
                -- Groucho Marx
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.  But this wasn't it.
                -- Groucho Marx
It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be
unhappy.
                -- Groucho Marx
It's hard to get ivory in Africa, but in Alabama the Tuscaloosa.
                -- Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.  Inside a dog it's too
dark to read.
                -- Groucho Marx
You'd better beat it.  You can leave in a taxi.  If you can't get a taxi, you
can leave in a huff.  If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff.
                -- Groucho Marx
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
                -- Groucho Marx
Either I'm dead or my watch has stopped.
                -- Groucho Marx's last words
There is one way to find out if a man is honest -- ask him.  If he says
"Yes" you know he is crooked.
                -- Groucho Marx
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