An English man does not travel to see English men.
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Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine they are the life, the soul of reading Take them out of this book, for instance, you might as well take the book along with them one cold external winter would reign in every page of it restore them to the writer he steps forth like a bridegroom, bids All-hail brings in variety, and forbids the appetite to fail.Laurence Sterne
So that when I stretched out my hand, I caught hold of the fille de chambre's.
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
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Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
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A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.
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