If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.
A. A. MILNETime 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.
More A. A. Milne Quotes
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We can’t all and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.
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Good judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment.
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To seem natural rather than to be natural.
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Washing, this modern behind the ears nonsense.
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The hardest part is what to leave behind, It’s time to let go!
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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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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.
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If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms.
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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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Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
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You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think.
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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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A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
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If you were a bird, and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: ‘That’s where I wanted to go today!
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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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Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.
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How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
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Some have brains, and some haven’t, and there it is.
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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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Drinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords.
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The truth is that Fate does not go out of its way to be dramatic.
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Friendship is a very comforting thing to have.
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She would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.
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Whenever there comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
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Forever isn’t long at all, as long as I’m with you.
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