"The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reas...












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"The madrigore of verjuice must be talthibianised.
"The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!
"Justice shall be mixed with mercy. You shall not always be an Ass.
"Oh-my-Father-and-oh-the-delight-of-my-eyes," began the young man, muttering the words very quickly and sulkily and not at all as if the Tisroc were th...
"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them...
"[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't thi...
"She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.