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A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed. - [Avarice] A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life. - [Childhood] All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages. - [Children] Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it. - [Art] Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. - [Authors] Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. - [Fanaticism] In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth. - [Tact] Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb. - [Idleness] The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. - [Humor] The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut up. - [Homosexuality] To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. - [Books] My lifelong involvement with Mrs. Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock P.M. on the 27th of December, 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old. - Fifth Business (pt.1 , ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] I was never so amazed in my life as when the Sniffer drew his concealed weapon from its case and struck me to the ground, stone dead. - Murther and Walking Spirits [Books (First Lines)] Should I have taken the false teeth? In my years as a police surgeon I would certainly have done so; who can say what might be clinging to them, or in the troughs that fit over the gums? I would have been entirely within my rights. But in this curious situation, what indisputable rights had I? - The Cunning Man (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged. - The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies [Memory] "Parlabane is back." - The Rebel Angels [Books (First Lines)]
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