The world is not respectable it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter and in these, the spirit blooms.
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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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England is not the best possible world but it is the best actual country, and a great rest after America
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Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.
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