For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears all the hallmarks of the failings of age. Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they…

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I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so...

I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so...

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if...

I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if...

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I could break out, of course, but what a waste of time, and frankly I...

I could break out, of course, but what a waste of time, and frankly I...

I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me....Help...

I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me....Help...

Welcome! To our old hands...welcome back! There is a time for speech-making, and this is...

Welcome! To our old hands...welcome back! There is a time for speech-making, and this is...

Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember...

Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember...

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it...

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it...

Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed, I am sure Gryffindor and...

Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed, I am sure Gryffindor and...

Alas! Ear wax!

And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress,...

And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress,...

No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines," said Dumbledore. "I do love knitting patterns.

No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,

Harry, I owe you an explanation, An explanation of an old man's mistakes. For I...

Harry, I owe you an explanation, An explanation of an old man's mistakes. For I...

Ah, music, A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you...

Ah, music, A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you...

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live...

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live...

Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.

Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.

For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater,...

For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry...although of course, if I were a Death Eater,...