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(1854—1925)

U.S. Vice-President

I'm from Indiana, the home of more first-rate second-class men than any other state in the union.

(1866—1934), writer

Hamlet is the tragedy of tackling a family problem too soon after college.

(1866—1934), writer

There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing to do with it.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

Life is too short to do anything for one's self that one can pay others to do for one.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

(1874—1965)

British novelist

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

If die I must, let me die drinking in an inn.