Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde

I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one.' - George Bernard Shaw para Winston Churchill 'Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.' - Winston Churchill, em resposta

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

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
William Faulkner (acerca de Ernest Hemingway)

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Winston Churchill

os fortes Lusitanos lhe tomavam / as discretas respostas que convinham / os portugueses somos do ocidente / imos buscando as terras do oriente
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