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“Columnists write not just because they have something to say but also because they have to say something.”
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“[Voltaire] was generally unbedeviled by any foolish consistency.”
― A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries
― A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries
“Everything about his character and manners was forcible and violent; there never was any moderation; many a day did he fast, many a year did he refrain from wine; but when he did eat, it was voraciously; when he did drink wine, it was copiously. He could practise abstinence, but not temperance.”
― The Life of Samuel Johnson
― The Life of Samuel Johnson
“We all, to some extent, reinvent ourselves. Jeffrey (Archer) has just gone to a bit more trouble.”
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“(On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has invested his puppets with a charm that has enabled him to dispense with human nature.”
― Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
― Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
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