All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

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Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

Because hypocrisy stinks in the nostrils one is likely to rate it as a more...

I write books to find out about things.

I write books to find out about things.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of...

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between...

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate...

He is every other inch a gentleman.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.