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It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
Muriel Spark
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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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Being in love is something like poetry. Certainly, you can analyze and expound its various senses and intentions, but there is always something left over, mysteriously hovering between music and meaning.
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Jealousy ... is an affliction of the spirit which, unlike some sins of the flesh, gives no one any pleasure.
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We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.
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For those who like that sort of thing, said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, That is the sort of thing they like.
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Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.
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These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.
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There was altogether too much candor in married life it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce.
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sooner or later I do what I want to do.
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I'm old-fashioned beyond my years.
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The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion.
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Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.
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I never trust the airlines from those countries where the pilots believe in the afterlife. You are safer when they don't.
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Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes.
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I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.
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Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.
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If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.
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I have a great desire to make people smile - not laugh. Laughter is too aggressive. People bare their teeth.
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Every communist has a fascist frown, every fascist a communist smile.
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The word education comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.
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I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.
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