Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

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What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the...

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

It may be those who do most, dream most.

It may be those who do most, dream most.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery...

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery...

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.