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Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and tired librarians. Like everything of importance since the invention of the cloak and the shroud, its origins are cloaked in mystery and shrouded in secrecy. Some scholars believe that the first instance of book burning occurred in the Middle Ages, when a monk was trying to illuminate a manuscript. All agree that book burning was almost non-existent during the period when books were made of stone.

Richard Armour's Popular Quotes

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband …

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If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone.

- Richard Armour

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

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I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

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Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got…

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A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

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Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.

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That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.

- Richard Armour

Shake and shake the catsup bottle none will come and then a lot'll.

- Richard Armour