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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To feel at home, stay at home.

To feel at home, stay at home.

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...

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...

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

As between mileage and experience choose experience.

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...

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly.

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality.

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...

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...