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Letter "A" » amusing
«Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.»
«When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.»
«The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.»
«We must annex those people. We can afflict them with our wise and beneficent government. We can introduce the novelty of thieves, all the way up from street-car pickpockets to municipal robbers and Government defaulters, and show them how amusing it is to arrest them and try them and then turn them loose -- some for cash and some for ''political influence.'' We can make them ashamed of their simple and primitive justice. We can make that little bunch of sleepy islands the hottest corner on earth, and array it in the moral splendor of our high and holy civilization. Annexation is what the poor islanders need. ''Shall we to men benighted, the lamp of life deny?''»
Author: Mark Twain
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Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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«The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their ''Hub',' as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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«The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.»
Author: Voltaire
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Philosopher,
Writer)
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