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“And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.”

James Payn · Respect

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James Payn

In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.

Education

James Payn

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!

Food

James Payn

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind.

Happiness

Bryan Singer

What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.

Respect