“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
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A beautiful and timely quote thank you
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The perfect quote for me today – thank you
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There is a lot of wonderful wisdom in this book.
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I’ve never read it but I feel I should!
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It’s a wonderful read! Definitely give it a go if you are ever inspired to.
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Lovely quote from a great book
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It really is a good one!
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I haven’t ever read this book – and judging by the quote, I should! Thank you for sharing, Kristen.
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It is a such a great fantasy book and gives a tender approach to life.
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It sounds like one I should add to my TBR list…
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What a fabulous quote.
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From a fabulous book!
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Wonderful!
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I loved this book and it’s great to see a quote from it on here.
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It seemed like a good one to start 2017!
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