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I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.


W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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WILLIAM R. ALGER To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise o...
WILLIAM R. ALGER Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason
WILLIAM R. ALGER After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeas...
WILLIAM R. ALGER Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
DEAN INGE Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...
DEAN INGE Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no m...
DEAN INGE Maybe they've just got the itch when it comes to Tigers pitching. I can't figure it out. I'm waiting...
BRANDON INGE They gave him a standing O (ovation) when he went out onto the field the next inning.
BRANDON INGE We have a different agenda this year, and it's not harping on negatives. That starts with the skippe...
BRANDON INGE I think it's great. I'm glad they're cleaning up the sport. I don't like it that anything can be tai...
BRANDON INGE I would rather have that ball had hit me in the face and stayed in the infield.
BRANDON INGE I think his swing looks like it did a couple years ago. He'd make a whole lot of noise when he hit t...
BRANDON INGE It's not the same fastball he used to throw. But he's smart enough to mix 'em up.
BRANDON INGE I was battling absolutely as hard as I could. A pitcher would rather have a rocket hit off him than ...
BRANDON INGE Last year and the year prior, it was so uptight. This year, we need to do something different. This ...
BRANDON INGE It's all a matter of confidence. I think it took us taking two out of three against Boston (last wee...
BRANDON INGE Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely countin...
DEAN INGE Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
DEAN INGE The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.
DEAN INGE