A quotation from Josh Billings

The quickest way to take the starch out ov a man who iz allwuss blameing himself, is to agree with him, this aint what he iz looking for.
 
[The quickest way to take the starch out of a man who is always blaming himself, is to agree with him; this ain’t what he is looking for.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-11 (1875 ed.)

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A quotation from Robert Bolt

   MURRAY: If you’re insubordinate with me, Lawrence, I’ll put you under arrest!
   LAWRENCE: It’s my manner, sir.
   MURRAY: What?
   LAWRENCE: My manner, sir. It looks insubordinate, but it isn’t really.
   MURRAY: I can’t make out whether you’re bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted.
   LAWRENCE: I have the same problem, sir.
   MURRAY: Shut up!
   LAWRENCE: Yes, sir.

Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
Lawrence of Arabia, Part 1, sc. 38 (1962) [with Michael Wilson]

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