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... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Hunter
Hunters
Ears
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Keener
Hunted

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Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.
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... one pets what one degrades and one has to support what one has enfeebled
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It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.
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When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.
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The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.
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A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
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Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.
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artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.
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A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.
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People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
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death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.
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There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
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Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.
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A refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!
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If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.
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Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
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Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!
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To be in the right is often an expensive business.
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I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!
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Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.
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