Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.