I have been in many countries, and I have found there people examining their own love of life, sense of peril, their own common sense. The one thing they cannot understand is why that same love of life, sense of peril and above all common sense, is not invariably shared among their leaders and rulers.
タグ: understand, people, life, love

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Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.
タグ: disease, grow, childhood, you
We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.
タグ: got, everything, rules, best
He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.
タグ: he, must, who, patience, sea
If you... scaled down human beings, scaled down society, if you land with a group of little boys, they are more like a scaled-down version of society than a group of little girls would be.
タグ: more, down, society, you
A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.
タグ: action, go, look, humble
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