If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its … - Richard Armour

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If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

Richard Armour

If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless.

Manifestations, Misfortunes, Stupidity, Symptoms, Weakness

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Shake and shake the catsup bottle none will come and then a lot'll.

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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Concerned, Greed, Long, Right, Years

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

Good Bye, Goodbye, Money, Said

Libraries: Here is where people, one frequently finds, lower their voices, and raise their minds.

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The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker.

Improvement, May, Offending, Radio, Turned

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