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[ After Randolph Churchill’s lung was removedand found not to have malignancies :] A typicaltriumph of modern science to find the onlypart of Randolph that was not malignant andremove it.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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‘Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole’ … ‘Yes,’ said the Managing Editor. ‘That must be good style.’

Scoop (1938) bk. 1, ch. 1

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A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.

on hearing that Randolph Churchill’s lung, when removed, proved non-malignant

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Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Any one who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums, Paul learned, who find prison so soul-destroying.

Decline and Fall (1928) pt. 3, ch. 4

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Any one who has been to an English publicschool will always feel comparatively at home in prison.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become. Edgar Allan Poe #0754Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
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DON’T HOLD YOUR PARENTS UP TO CONTEMPT. AFTER ALL… IT IS JUST POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY TAKE AFTER THEM.
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I am not I: thou art not he or she: they are not they.

Brideshead Revisited (1945) ‘Author’s Note’

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I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.
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