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The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that. ↗

— Victoria Wood

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It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

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