THE PORTABLE CURMUDGEON

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More than 1 000 outrageously irreverent quotations, anecdotes, and interviews on a vast array of subjects from an illustrious list of world class grouches

If you can’t say anything good about someone, sit right here by me. Longworth

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. Shaw

When women kiss,  it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands. Menken

The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself. Galbraith

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Wilde

I’m tired of this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want and adorable pancreas. Kerr.

 

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Compiled and editied by Jon Winokur and published by Penguin Plume Books of Middlesex, England, in 1992. Soft cover bound this First Edition copy is in Fine condition, covered in plastic and without a dust jacket. The size of the book is 158x138x23mm. ISBN 0452266688.

299 plus 2pp ads. All pages yellowing uniformly. Covers slightly marked by insects. With a gift inscription to the previous owner on the frontis page.