David’s Reviews > The Man Who Knew Too Much > Status Update
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"He could always get on with viceroys and Cabinet Ministers and all the great men responsible for great departments, and talk to each of them on his own subject, on the branch of study with which he was most seriously concerned. Thus he could converse with the Minister for War about silkworms, with the Minister of Education about detective stories, with the Minister of Labor about Limoges enamel..."
— Nov 08, 2023 12:00PM
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David
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"Has it ever occurred to you," asked Paynter, "that perhaps the men who have never committed murder are a varied and very extraordinary set? Perhaps every plain man's life holds the real mystery, the secret of sins avoided."
— Nov 11, 2023 10:38AM
David
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"Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority."
— Nov 08, 2023 09:51AM
David
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"There is such a thing as the coarseness of a gentleman. And it is the most horrible thing in humanity."
— Nov 08, 2023 09:48AM
