If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there...

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there...

My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet....

My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet....

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to...

The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to...