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The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But Behind All This Confidence There Was An Uneasy Sense Of Impending Disaster. The Old Creeds, Both Religious And Political, Were Largely In The Process Of Dissolution, But We Did Not Realise The Fact, And Therefore Did Not Look For New Foundations.

Wise Men Never Grow Up; Indeed, They Grow Younger, For They Lose The Appalling Worldly Wisdom Of Youth.

We Can Pay Our Debts To The Past By Putting The Future In Debt To Ourselves.

You Think That A Wall As Solid As The Earth Separates Civilization From Barbarism. I Tell You The Division Is A Thread, A Sheet Of Glass. A Touch Here, A Push There, And You Bring Back The Reign Of Saturn.

I Once Played The Chief Part In A Rather Exciting Business Without Ever Once Budging From London . And The Joke Of It Was That The Man Who Went Out To Look For Adventure Only Saw A Bit Of The Game, And I Who Sat In My Chambers Saw It All And Pulled The Strings. 'they Also Serve Who Only Stand And Wait,' You Know.