A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything.
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Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.Thomas Love Peacock
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for the tinkers.
Thomas Love Peacock
He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.
Thomas Love Peacock
A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book -- it is a plaything.
Thomas Love Peacock
I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.
Thomas Love Peacock
Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.
Thomas Love Peacock
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