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There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible, are little better than malefactors of great wealth.
James Branch Cabell
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James Branch Cabell
Age: 79 †
Born: 1879
Born: April 14
Died: 1958
Died: May 5
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I do that which I do in every place. Here also, at the gateway of that garden into which time has not entered, I fight with time my ever-losing battle, because to do that diverts me.
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Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.
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Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?
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No lady is ever a gentleman.
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Men have begun to observe and classify, they turn from creation to Criticism... It is the Fashion to be a wit... one must be able to conceal indecency with elegant diction manners are everything, morals nothing.
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A manpossessesnothing certainlysavea brief loanof his own body.
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Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.
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At all events, I do not mean to leave it unaltered.
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