"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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"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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"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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"Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with."
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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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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
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