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A E Housman Quotes

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'I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.'

'In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.'

'Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions'

'Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.'

'Three minutes thought would suffice to sort this out but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time'

Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
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Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons - Bertrand Russell
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Battle of Hastings - 1066, Battle of Old Byland - 1322, Caerphilly Pit disaster - 1913, Winnie the Pooh Published - 1926, Balham Blitz Tube Disaster - 1940, Fifty Pence Coin Issued - 1969
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