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Mr Abrahams was a preparatory schoolmaster of the old-fashioned sort. He cared neither for work nor games, but fed his boys well and saw that they did...more

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School was the unhappiest time of my life and the worst trick it ever played on me was to pretend that it was the world in miniature. For it hindered ...more

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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art.

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I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.

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Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain.

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you cannot be friends either with boy or man unless you give yourself away in the process, and Mr. Pembroke did not commend this. He, for “personal in...more

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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.