Commonplace Corner

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of. Jodie Foster When I ascended from the depths of the working class to the middle class, the higher I got, the more dishonesty I found. Steven Berkoff Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. Mel Brooks Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. Mary Wollstonecraft Gladstone was not the first Prime Minister who lacked a sense of humour. But he was the first one of whom this was said. Harold Nicolson Mr Tibbs was to his wife what the o is in 90 - he was of some…

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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025

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