Don’t pity me now, don’t pity me never; I’m going to do nothing for ever and ever.
—James Agate
Topics: Epitaphs
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
—James Agate
Topics: Nationalism, Nation, Nationality, Talent, Nationalities
A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn’t feel like it. An amateur is a man who can’t do his job when he does feel like it.
—James Agate
Topics: Attitude
New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
—James Agate
New Year’s resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging.
—James Agate
Topics: Wit
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