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Office Quotes - Page 29

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.

Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American”, p.199, University of Virginia Press

Whiskey claims to itself alone the exclusive office of sot-making.

Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.285

It's not lying when you do it to officers!

Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs (2004). “Monstrous Regiment”, Methuen Drama

The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Rambler”, p.469