British - Author | September 28, 1913 - October 14, 1995
Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.
Ellis Peters
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To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.
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Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.
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It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.
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Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.
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There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil.
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Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
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Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.
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I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire.
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