Insanity is hereditary. You can get it from your children.

Sam Levenson

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Topic

Parents and children

Author

Sam Levenson

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Levenson, Jam. Quoted in Ada Weekly News. 6 Apr. 1961.

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I could have danced all night.

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Dancing
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Medium
Song Film
Genre
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Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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"I Could Have Danced All Night." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor, performed by Marni Nixon, Warner Bros., 1964.

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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
Anna Karenina
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1877 1870s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic
Truth

Author

Mark Twain
Source
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Genre
Travel writing
Statement Type
Joke
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 7.

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Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 7.