"One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge."
-Robert Staughton Lynd
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"Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.“
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"Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long."
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"There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas."
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"Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen."
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"Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with."
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