Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve? Notes from Underground
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine. Oliver Twist
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world. Heartbreak House
The art of life is more like the wrestler's art than the dancer's, in respect of this, that it should stand ready and firm to meet onsets which are sudden and unexpected. Book VII
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