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Quote by C.S. Lewis
The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be cl

The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and dont forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers. – C.S. Lewis

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Many things — such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly — are done worst when we try hardest to do them. – C.S. Lewis

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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. – C.S. Lewis

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It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere. – C.S. Lewis

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Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. – Charles de Gaulle

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Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. – David Lloyd George

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I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis. – Star Trek, Mr. Spock

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I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. – Di Cavour

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. – Francis Bacon

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We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing. – Ernest Holmes

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You know, the market was down yesterday… my first thought when I heard-just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, Time to buy. – Brit Hume

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A mans work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. – Albert Camus

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