In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.

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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon...

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well...

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well...

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really...

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its...

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...