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"Monsieur Foinet got up and made as if to go, but he changed his mind, and, stopping, put his hand on Philip's shoulder."But if you were going to ask me my advice, I should say: take your courage in both hands and try your luck at something else. It sounds very hard, but let me tell you this: I would give all I have in the world if someone had given me that advice when I was your age and I had taken it."Philip looked up at him with surprise. The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad."It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it's too late. It does not improve the temper."He gave a little laugh as he said the last words and quickly walked out of the room."
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"When someone gives you advice, just ask them to give it in writing and they will either keep mum or will run from there."
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"Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read only the new or only the old, I would advise him to read the old."
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"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly."
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"The first rule when you are in a hole is to ask for a hand out!"
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"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."
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"O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!"
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"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."
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"Never let your education interfere with your learning."
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"Meg, what I'm about to do - never, ever try this on your own." I felt a bit silly giving this advice to a girl who regulartly fought monsters with golden swords, but I had promised Bill Nye the Science Guy I would always promote safe laboratory practices."
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"The first rule about the low hanging fruit principle is to always watch out for low hanging branches, they're the ones to take it away from you."
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"The crown of literature is poetry."
Poetry
"What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature."
Life
"It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it."
People
"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."
Home
"We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits."
Friendship
"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
Character
"I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me."
Life
"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."
Work
"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."
Happiness
"In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally."
Woman
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