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Yesterday’s the past and tomorrow’s the future. Today is a gift – which is...
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If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else.
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I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against...
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It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of...
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Man’s great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or...
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I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may...
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy...
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to...
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‘At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,’ said the gentleman, taking up...