"Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece of "symbolism." If so, Cervantes didn't know it himself and nobody thought of it for three hundred years. He meant it as a satire upon the silly romances of chivalry."

-- Stephen Leacock

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“You can end love more easily than you can moderate it.”
“Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.”
“I'd best head to the library. Research beckons.”
“I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a book to fail.”

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“Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.”
“You have to live among rich liberals to understand what they're saying. You'll never believe what they mean by 'middle class.' They mean themselves.”
“Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those of our companions, and to curb and conceal that presumption and arrogance so natural to the human mind.”
“All styles are good except the tiresome kind.”

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