"After dinner, Rita turned to Theron and said: you missed your chance.
Theron: Chance to what (of course he replied).
Rita: Chance to avoid growing old. The only way to avoid growing old is to die young, and you missed your chance on that one.
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Selected Quotes of Topaze [1933]
"Coco: But idiots are hard to find, I should think.
Baron Philippe de La Tour-La Tour: Oh no, not in the scientific world.
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