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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. "

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

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" The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. "

" The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot. "

" 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. "

" England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. "

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" History develops, art stands still. "

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" At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes. "

" Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something. "

" The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink. "

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" At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. "

" Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed. "

" The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself. "

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