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I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.

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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

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There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except perhaps that of the titled for riches.

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Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern youth, will never become professionalized.

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Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from behind.

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The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.

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When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.

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Hesketh Pearson

Hesketh Pearson

Born: February 20, 1887
Died: April 9, 1964 (aged 77)
Bio: Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.
Known for:
  1. The Life of Oscar Wilde (1946)
  2. A Life of Shakespeare (1942)
  3. Smith of Smiths (1934)
  4. Bernard Shaw (1941)
  5. Gilbert and Sullivan (1935)

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