That which any one has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.
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The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense
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The more we do, the more we can do.
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Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours march do dinnerand then to thinking.
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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
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