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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
“Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.”
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“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."
— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)
"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
— Churchill's response”
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— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)
"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
— Churchill's response”
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“Infanticide was so widespread in the Roman world (in fact, in all the world) that the first known treatise on gynaecology included the vital section “How to Recognise the Newborn That is Worth Rearing”.[23] If they did not make the grade, the advice was “Expose it and try again”.”
― The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality
― The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality
James’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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60 friends
636 books
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697 books
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200 books
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800 books
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809 books
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559 friends
804 books
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218 friends
422 books
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