historians are always telling us about the class that does not work, never about the class that does; and in this way we come to regard the first of these classes as the entire nation. I cannot help thinking that among the Greeks, among the
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“She had been feeling that things were pretty desperate if one found oneself talking about and almost quoting Matthew Arnold to comparative strangers, though anything was better than having to pretend you had winter and summer curtains when you had just curtains.”
― Jane and Prudence
― Jane and Prudence
“The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.”
― Oz: The Complete Collection
― Oz: The Complete Collection
“Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people’s business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“If I choose to send thee, Tuor son of Huor, then believe not that thy one sword is not worth the sending.”
― Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
― Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
“Unfortunately, there is something dramatic about spider bites in general and brown recluse bites in particular that causes them to be frequently diagnosed. In discussions with physicians, they readily admit that the diagnosis of “spider bite” is a safe determination because it can neither be proven nor disproven.”
― The Brown Recluse Spider
― The Brown Recluse Spider
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