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I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

"Twentieth Century Authors". Book by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, 1942.

There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to say, flabbergasted.

"A dubbing for creating a flat world on top of a turtle" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2008.

I am attracted to humans. But, of course... not many.

"Morrissey: 'Unfortunately, I Am Not Homosexual'" by Miriam Coleman, www.rollingstone.com. October 20, 2013.

Then on! then on! where duty leads,My course be onward still.

George Crabbe, Reginald Heber, Robert Pollok (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”

So what's the most atrocious thing you've seen?" He waved his hand: "Man, of course!

Jonathan Littell (2009). “The Kindly Ones”, p.251, Random House

Utter originality is, of course, out of the question.

Ezra Pound (1950). “The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941”, p.6, New Directions Publishing

We keep saying, 'We have no other course.' What we should say is: 'We are not bright enough to see any other course.'

David Eli Lilienthal (1964). “The Journals of David E. Lilienthal: The atomic energy years, 1945-1950: 1945-1950”