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“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”
Source : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1873, Delphi Classics
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“Boys, as far as England was concerned, were always the hard core. And you just know the guys like it. They want to be you. Some might be attracted to you without knowing it.”
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“Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music..”
Source : Radio Talk. BBC Radio 4, August 2, 1978.
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“The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.”
Source : "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time" by Laurence J. Peter, (p. 508), 1977.
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“Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.”
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“Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.”
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“For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.”
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“I have musician friends who play too much golf, and they're not as good at music anymore.”
