In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it’s reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else.

By Morinosuke Kawaguchi

All three wore the air of superiority assumed by people who are already in a place when studying new arrivals.

By Agatha Christie

I assumed my first undivided responsibility.

By Charles Dickens

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

By Muriel Barbery