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There was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Jonathan Swift1667–1745Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms, Chapter VIn context
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter
Dashiell Hammett1894–1961The Maltese Falcon (1930), Chapter 12In context
- Clever Jabs
- Talking
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.
A. A. Milne1882–1956Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIn context
- Thinking
Pooh always liked a little something at eleven o’clock in the morning, and he was very glad to see Rabbit getting out the plates and mugs; and when Rabbit said, “Honey or condensed milk with your bread?” he was so excited that he said, “Both,” and then, so as not to seem greedy, he added, “But don’t bother about the bread, please.”
A. A. Milne1882–1956Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIIn context
- Food
“I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
A. A. Milne1882–1956Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter IIIIn context
- Intelligence
Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he.
A. A. Milne1882–1956Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter VIIn context
Because my spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
A. A. Milne1882–1956Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter VIIn context
- Writing
“Oh, no, my dear; I’m really a very good man; but I’m a very bad Wizard, I must admit.”
L. Frank Baum1856–1919The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), Chapter XVIn context
- Character
If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XVIIn context
- Marriage
Yes, if a man’s character is to be abused, say what you will, there’s nobody like a relation to do the business.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XIXIn context
- Clever Jabs
- Family
I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XLIIn context
- Money
- Virtue
The world has held great Heroes,
As history-books have showed;
But never a name to go down to fame
Compared with that of Toad!
Kenneth Grahame1859–1932The Wind in the Willows (1908), Chapter XIn context
- Pride
Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIn context
- Children
‘How clever I am,’ he crowed rapturously, ‘oh, the cleverness of me!’
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Pride
An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.
Edith Wharton1862–1937The Age of Innocence (1920), Book I, Chapter IIn context
- Music