So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
A. A. MILNEIf a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.
More A. A. Milne Quotes
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It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
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Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
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The hardest part is what to leave behind, It’s time to let go!
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Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don’t stop and eat it along the way.
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
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Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.
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Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.
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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
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Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even than the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.
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Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
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If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
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Organization is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it’s not all mixed up.
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You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think.
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To seem natural rather than to be natural.
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A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
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How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
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Forever isn’t long at all, as long as I’m with you.
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Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
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When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.
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