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  1. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun-coloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them? Crime is commonplace, existence is commonplace, and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 1 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

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  2. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

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

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

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  3. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

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

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  4. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

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

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  5. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

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

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage