By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one.

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As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable....

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

For most men, life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to...

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

When you read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you...

To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build...

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build...

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but...

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke-and that the joke is...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of...

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often...

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often...

Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.

Nothing is better than the unintended humor of reality.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...