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" Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration. "

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" The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius. "

" I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life. "

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" There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line. "

" Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return. "

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" One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions. "

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