Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.
There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me. - Patrick O'Brian
There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
- Patrick O'Brian
You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that advancing age eq… - Patrick O'Brian
You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that advancing age eq…
Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them. - Patrick O'Brian
I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority. - Patrick O'Brian
I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.
... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room - Patrick O'Brian
... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room
We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth - Patrick O'Brian
We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth
Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas. - Patrick O'Brian
Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.
Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, con… - Patrick O'Brian
Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, con…
He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far above him it caught a d… - Patrick O'Brian
He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far above him it caught a d…
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