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"I guess the old country is so over-populated that they have not enough decent weather for everybody. " -The Canterville Ghost

"It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping. Why, even babies know how to do that, and they are not very clever." -The Canterville Ghost

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

"....he is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him."

"They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier."

"Well-bred people always stay in exactly the same place, as we do."

"We must really issue a proclamation that birds are not allowed to die here."

"I tell you that it is all the fault of the Government, and if you don't believe me I shall eat you."

"But I have imagination, for I never think of things as they really are; I always think of them as being quite different." -The Remarkable Rocket

"Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions." -The Remarkable Rocket

"I hate people who talk about themselves, as you do, when one wants to talk about oneself, as I do." -The Remarkable Rocket

"I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -The Remarkable Rocket

"May I ask were you born like that, or is it the result of an accident?" -The Remarkable Rocket

"Indeed, I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do." -The Remarkable Rocket