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“I fear those big words, Stephen said, which make us so unhappy.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.”
― Jeeves in the Morning
― Jeeves in the Morning
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― The Big Sleep
― The Big Sleep
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