Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.
Thomas Hughes
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LANGSTON HUGHES I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.
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