It has become customary to say that a man needs only six feet of land. But a corpse needs six feet, not a person. Seagull
"So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn money in quite different ways." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. Essays
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. The Hobbit
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