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It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.


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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.



Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.



We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing.



We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.



The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.



No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.

No man is uninteresting when his hat is blown off and he has to scuttle after it down the street.



Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.



There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.

There are travelers who fear to own delicate hands more than to meet a lion, and soldiers who would rather lose a limb than gain a beautiful nose by artificial methods.



A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.

A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.



Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.

Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.





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It was a dream world, a kind of Alice in Wonderland, with its kings and queens, princes and princesses, and our millions of loyal subjects. But it wasn't real, and it couldn't last.

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