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Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. – Vita Sackville-West

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Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong. – Vita Sackville-West

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