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... answer every question with Yes or No. Yes or No may neither of them be the answer ; each side may have in it some Yes and some No. I am never so happy as when a new thought occurs to me and a new horizon gradually discovers itself ...
... answer every question with Yes or No. Yes or No may neither of them be the answer ; each side may have in it some Yes and some No. I am never so happy as when a new thought occurs to me and a new horizon gradually discovers itself ...
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William Somerset Maugham. answer to the riddle of existence ; but it is its passive side , its self - abnegation , its humility which have attracted the Russian temperament ; it is there they find the answer they seek to the mystery ...
William Somerset Maugham. answer to the riddle of existence ; but it is its passive side , its self - abnegation , its humility which have attracted the Russian temperament ; it is there they find the answer they seek to the mystery ...
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... answer : " You merely loop the loop on a commonplace and come down between the lines . " His brow puckered as he turned my reply over in his mind . He was paying me the compliment of giving it his seri- ous attention : I only wanted the ...
... answer : " You merely loop the loop on a commonplace and come down between the lines . " His brow puckered as he turned my reply over in his mind . He was paying me the compliment of giving it his seri- ous attention : I only wanted the ...
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