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Fernandez de Andrada


For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Robertson Davies, "A Voice from the Attic", 1960


The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Reggie Jackson


Fans don't boo nobodies.

William Congreve


All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

John Quinton


Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, they go out and buy more tunnel.

John Ray


Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

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