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Peter De Vries Quotes
«Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
God,
Hope,
Providence
| Keywords:
laboring, speedy
«The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.»
«Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Confession
| Keywords:
dandruff, palliative, tweed
«Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Marriage
| Keywords:
offspring, The Offspring
«The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums»
Author: Peter De Vries
(Editor, Linguist, Novelist, Satirist)
| Keywords:
mural, murals, restaurants