A quotation from A. A. Milne

   “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said Pooh, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
   “You’re the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

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A quotation from Maugham, W. Somerset:

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There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.
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The Summing Up, ch. 4 (1938) - Maugham, W. Somerset | WIST Quotations

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

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A quotation from Dante Alighieri:

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O clear and noble conscience, how sharply a little fault stings you!
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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 "Purgatorio," Canto 3, l. 8ff (3.8-9) (1314) [tr. Kline (2002)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations

O clear and noble conscience, how sharply a little fault stings you! [O dignitosa coscïenza, e netta, come t'è picciol fallo amaro morso!] Observing his guide, Virgil, upset over one of his own lapses. (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations: O matchless dignity of stainless thought! Thus bitter seems to you the…

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