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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them…

Evelyn Waugh

Enclosing every thin man, there’s a fat man demanding elbow-room.
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Demand Man Room
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Meaning Vulgar Word
I put the words down and push them a bit.
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Myself Voice Word
There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.
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Books Feeling Open Thrill
I haven’t been to sleep for over a year. That’s why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn’t sleep.
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Bed Myself Need Rest Sleep Work
To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.
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Human Love Oneself Relationship Root Wisdom
To understand all is to forgive all.
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Deep Forgiveness One Liner Understand Wisdom
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
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Argument Limitation Ourselves
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.
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Education Lose Yourself
Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else.
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Art Artist Design Strike Value
They are a very decent generous lot of people out here and they don’t expect you to listen. It’s the secret of social ease in this country. They talk entirely for their own pleasure. Nothing they say is designed to be heard.
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Country Design Expectation Generosity Happiness Listening People Secret Talk
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be.
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Happiness Politics Science
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
Once you start changing a name, you see, there’s no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.
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Better Change Name Reason See Sound Start Stop Yourself
One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
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Death Forget Name Oneself Vocabulary Word
O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.
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Forgiveness God Philosophy Religious Sin

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