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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company."

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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
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"The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"Now me,” said Mr. Vandemar. “What number am I thinking of?” “I beg your pardon?” “What number am I thinking of?” repeated Mr. Vandemar. “It’s between one and a lot,” he added, helpfully."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets."

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Honore de Balzac Novelist
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"Le coeur d'une me' re est un ab|"me au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon. A mother'sheart isanabyss atthebottomof whichthere is always forgiveness."

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