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Revision as of 20:24, 16 January 2021

Online diary of Karl Jones for Saturday January 16, 2021.

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Hair-splitting pettifoggery

I used to share your love of hair-splitting pettifoggery; but now it displeases me.

Voltaire Two Point Oh

Control yourself

A man should sooner insult his friend than a stranger.

Pluck me out

If I offend Thee, pluck me out, oh Lord.

If I Offend Thee

Fran Lebowitz

"Metropolitan Life" ← !

Her prevailing mode is High Sardonic Low Brow-Beating.

But this quote is pure love:

"I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response."

(Not sure that quote is from Metropolitan Life. Mostly I remember the High Sardonic Low Brow-Beating material.)

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