"Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there."

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"Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there."

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"Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses."

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"You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech."

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"The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis."

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"It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to."

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"What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely."

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"It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water."

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"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger."

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