"I'm a man more dined against than dining."

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Source : In John Betjeman 'Summoned by Bells' (1960) ch. 9.

Maurice Bowra

#Food Quotes #Men Quotes #Dining Quotes

“Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.164, Courier Corporation
“I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.”
“When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.”
“You will hardly know who I am or what I mean”
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.”
“What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?”
“Beekeeping is farming for intellectuals.”
“They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself.”

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