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But to speak seriously, there are good grounds for hoping that all dogmatising in philosophy, whatever solemn, whatever conclusive and decided airs it has assumed, may have been only a noble puerilism and tyronism; and probably the time is
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“Golden ages, almost by definition, are past: gleeful naivety never lasts for ever.”
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
“That tension – between beauty and cynicism, between what Brazilians call futebol d’arte and futebol de resultados – is a constant, perhaps because it is so fundamental, not merely to sport, but also to life: to win, or to play the game well?”
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
“My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.”
― And Then There Were None
― And Then There Were None
“In football,’ he said, ‘the tactics adopted must always be in relation to the ability of the men on the side to carry them out successfully. Because of this, it is hard to lay down hard and fast rules.”
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
― Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
“To thee, to thee, O my beauty, my fire! Thou hast been burning in my heart all these futile years. If my life were a piece of gold it would come out of its trial brighter, but it is a trodden turf of grass, and nothing remains of it but this handful of ashes.”
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― 5 Best Short Stories
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