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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf. – Robert Lynd

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Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to the mouse, Come and have a piece of cheese, and then, when it accepts the invitation, to do it to death is a betrayal of the laws of hospitality. – Robert Lynd

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Hospitality
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Robert Lynd
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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

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Christmas
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Robert Lynd
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No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. – Robert Lynd

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Morning
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Robert Lynd
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Golf
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Born to golf. Forced to work. – Saying

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Golf

One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water. – Lee Trevino, describing how he was one under during a tournament

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Golf

It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. – Hank Aaron, 1971

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Golf

May thy ball lie in green pastures… and not in still waters. – Author Unknown

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Golf

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