Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars.

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A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

Fear drives you and makes you better

Fear drives you and makes you better

Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing...

Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing...

Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through...

Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through...

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes