[…] as mankind is now disposed, he receives much greater advantage by being diverted than instructed, his epidemical diseases being fastidiosity, amorphy, and oscitation; whereas, in the present universal empire of wit and learning, there seems but little matter left for instruction.

The story was told him by an old servant of his family who was from Yungchow [modern Nanning] in Kwangsi, and who came from the cave people [aborigines] of that district.…There are well-known Siamese versions of the Cinderella story, and Nanning is very close to Indo-China.

World White Population Set to Drop from 17% to 7% by 2050 Then get a tan if yer upset, you pasty white pukewad.

The expression You've missed the boat was replaced by That train has left the station and will one day be replaced by That space shuttle has already started the countdown.