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I have, alas, only one

I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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I never read a book

I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.
👁️ 123

What would the world do

What would the world do without tea? - how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
👁️ 149

Whatever you are by nature,

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.
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Never try to reason the

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
👁️ 127

There is one piece of

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
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Have the courage to be

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
👁️ 150

He had occasional flashes of

He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
👁️ 138

To do anything in this

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.
👁️ 151

You must not think me

You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
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