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Belief in god (n.) is, for the Englishman, a proposition whereby, while some people say there is a God and others say there is no God, for him the truth lies somewhere in between.
Civilization (n.) is a struggle to keep self-control.
Compromise (n.) is, for the Englishman, such that some people say there is a God, some people say there is no God, and the truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.
Dancing (n.) is an act in which we cease to distinguish the dancer from the dance.
Education (n.) is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
A Gentleman (n.) is a man whose principal ideas are not connected with his personal needs and his personal success.
George Moore (n.) is a man carved from a turnip looking out from astonished eyes.
Hate (n.) is worst when it is an intellectual hate.
Henry James (n.) is an author whom reading is like the priest condemned for a long space to confess nuns.
Intoxication (n.) is the only redeeming quality in some men. With such men, when they are not drunk they are sober.