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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

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Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.

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The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

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Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

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Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

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What is reading, but silent conversation.

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I love to lose myself in other men's minds.

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It is good to love the unknown.

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New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

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I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

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I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

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The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.

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We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

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I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

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A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

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