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Quote by Robert Lynd
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing

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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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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The great ages of prose are the ages in which men shave. The great ages of poetry are those in which they allow their beards to grow. – Robert Lynd

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Christmas
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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens

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Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement. – Annie Lennox

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At Christmas, Its a Wonderful Life makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know its coming. – Nicholas Lea

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Next to a circus there aint nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard

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