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A J Balfour
He has only...
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the even more refined accomplishments of skipping...
It is unfortunate,...
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the...
I thought he...
I thought he was a young man of promise; but it appears he was a young man of promises.
He [A. J....
He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking...
I do not...
I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you...
He has only...
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and...
Ask with urgency...
Ask with urgency and passion.
Source: In
Nothing matters very...
Nothing matters very much, and very few things matter at all.
Source: Attr.
-- A...
I never forgive,...
I never forgive, but I always forget.
Source: In
It has always...
It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.
History does not...
History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.
Source: Quoted by his...
Enthusiasm moves the...
Enthusiasm moves the world.
Source: In
I rather think...
I rather think of having a career of my own.
Source: When asked whether he was...
The energies of...
The energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no...
Biography should be...
Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
Source: Quoted in: Observer ...