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“Harry Truman used to talk of Potomac Fever, an endemic disorder the symptoms of which were a swelled head and a general decline of common sense.”
― Brave Companions: Portraits in History
― Brave Companions: Portraits in History
“There are times when we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.”
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“A French writer once observed that, "in the new colonies, the Spanish start by building a church, the English a tavern, and the French a fort.”
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
“He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.”
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“At the end of six months you shall go to Buckingham Palace in a carriage, beautifully dressed. If the King finds out you're not a lady, you will be taken by the police to the Tower of London, where your head will be cut off as a warning to other presumptuous flower girls. If you are not found out, you shall have a present of seven-and-sixpence to start life with as a lady in a shop. If you refuse this offer you will be a most ungrateful wicked girl; and the angels will weep for you.”
― Pigmalión
― Pigmalión
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