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1 " The ones I got are all right,’ Jane said; ‘I know they are, because the man at the shop said they were worth thribble the money–’ ‘I’m sure thribble isn’t grammar,’ Anthea said. ‘Of course it isn’t,’ said Cyril; ‘one word can’t be grammar all by itself, so you needn’t be so jolly clever. "
― E. Nesbit , The Phoenix and the Carpet (Five Children #2)
2 " It has been said that all roads lead to Rome; this may be true, but at any rate, in early youth I am quite sure that many roads lead to BED, and stop there–or YOU do. "
3 " But I acquired the habit of laying my egg and burning myself every five hundred years–and you know how difficult it is to break yourself of a habit. "
