writing

in the margin

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."

in the margin

"What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary."

in the margin

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."

in the margin

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

in the margin

"Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere."

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