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It is a curious thing. That every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

Evelyn Waugh

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.
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Growth Himself Old Young
There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.
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Books Feeling Open Thrill
I’m quite deaf now; such a comfort.
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Comfortable Deaf Myself Quite
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Meaning Vulgar Word
A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowledge, discipline and industry; especially discipline.
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Art Beautiful Discipline Experience Thinking Work
Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.
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Feeling Future Myself Past Present Room Side
To understand all is to forgive all.
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Deep Forgiveness One Liner Understand Wisdom
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
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Action Alone Determination Worth Yourself
Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.
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Father Happiness Relationship Son
You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.
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Hard Human Ideas Myself Power Religious
The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.
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Advice Fingers Language Yourself
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
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Gift Himself Intuition Rich Wisdom
O God, make me good, but not yet.
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Character God Goodness One Liner
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be.
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Happiness Politics Science
Its a rather pleasant change when all your life you’ve had people looking after you, to have someone to look after yourself. Only of course it has to be someone pretty hopeless to need looking after by me.
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Change Happiness Hope Life Myself People
You don’t remove the evil in a person by killing the person.
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Evil Kill Person Remove Yourself

It is a curious thing. That every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

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