I have a total irreverence for anything

“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.”

— Brendan Behan

Author: Brendan Behan
Category: society
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A fact never went into partnership with

“A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.”

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
Category: truth
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