She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
A. A. MILNEWhen 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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If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.
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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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Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.
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Tigers don’t like honey.
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If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.
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When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don’t eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
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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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It’s always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t.
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One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.
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A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.
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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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A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
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I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.
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How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!
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Good judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment.
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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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It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
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Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.
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A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
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Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.
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If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
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Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
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To seem natural rather than to be natural.
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A Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.
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Think it over, think it under.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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