The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.
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He would give them his every imitation from 'Eton and Oxford' to the flushing of the lavatory cistern, and so, perhaps, carry the evening through.
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I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.
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She was more than ever proud of the position of the bungalow, so almost in the country.
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I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.
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