Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly. I do.' Which would you choose?' There is not a scrap of difference. Arcades ambo. They are the same species of curculio, and there is nothing to choose between them.' But suppose you had to choose?' Then I should choose the right-hand weevil; it has a perceptible advantage in both length and breadth.' There I have you,' cried Jack. 'You are bit - you are completely dished. Don't you know that in the Navy you must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Oh ha, ha, ha, ha!
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.
- 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…
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.
Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them. - Patrick O'Brian
Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.
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…
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
... 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
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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