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Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. Peter De Vries Food 118
Human nature is pretty shabby stuff as you may know from introspection. Peter De Vries Irony 83
Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries art 82
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. Peter De Vries Humor 81
Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse. Peter De Vries Celibacy 79
I made a tentative conclusion. It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration not going to the stars but learning that one may stay where one is. Peter De Vries Life experience 78
Life is a zoo in a jungle. Peter De Vries Jungle 77
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones. Peter De Vries Bear 75
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. Peter De Vries Car 71
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly. Peter De Vries anniversary 69
The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. Peter De Vries Combination 69
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries Marriage 61
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too. Peter De Vries Father 54
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries Marriage 43
I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school. Peter De Vries Experience 42
The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music. Peter De Vries Certainly 41
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. Peter De Vries Marriage 38
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums. Peter De Vries Food 32

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