Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less you lead, the more you're driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed, The more you pay, the more they need, The more you earn, the less you keep, And now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to take If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

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Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit. So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves.

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Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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Celery, raw, Develops the jaw

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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.

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All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.

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Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

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Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.

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If some confectioners were willing To let the shape announce the filling, We'd encounter fewer assorted chocs, Bitten into and returned to the box.

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