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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
 My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV).  
 My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV). 
 When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
from read more 
 When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
from the play Jake's Women. 
Prince Charles and his son William worked off their Christmas dinner yesterday by trying to blast some small furry creatures read more
 Prince Charles and his son William worked off their Christmas dinner yesterday by trying to blast some small furry creatures to pieces.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk. 
Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
 They did the little boy turkey named Art... choke
and then served his dead body with artichokes.  
 They did the little boy turkey named Art... choke
and then served his dead body with artichokes. 
A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, read more
A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.
There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes read more
There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.