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Stray Thoughts Of an Idler

He who sleeps catches no fish，—but he who keeps awake catches crabs every moment of his life．

All professions can yield a man enough to live on，—except professions of faith．

When attending the performance of some modern operas，it has struck me that the conductor was only beating time because he could not beat the composer．

If in the sight of the law all men are equal， Heaven save us from getting into its sight．

When you want to get rid of a dog， you take off his collar；—when the king wants to get rid of a minister， he give shim the collar—of the Order of the Annunziata．

The place where they ruin people's voices， and throw aside all the canons of art，is called the Conservatoire；and a hospital full of sick peopk is called a“house of health”（Casadi Salute）．

Among the many motives which induce me to stay away from the theatre is the utter absence of all motive in modernope