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‘WHOE’ER HASTRAVELL’D LIFE’S DULL ROUND, WHERE’ER HIS STAGES MAY HAVE BEEN, MAY SIGH TO THINK HE STILL HAS FOUND THE WARMEST WELCOME AT AN INN.’
— William Shenstone
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DANA HUNTLEY
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‘There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.’
— Samuel Johnson
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‘A GOOD WAY TO START A SPEECH IS TO SAY, “AS HENRY VIII SAID TO HIS WIVES: ‘I WON’T KEEP YOU LONG.”’
— Sir Claus Moser
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‘There is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats … or with boats. … In or out of ’em, it doesn’t matter.’
— Kenneth Grahame
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‘I WAS ASKED TO BE A LINESMAN AT THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIP. I BEGGED THEM TO RENEW THE OFFER WHEN MY EYESIGHT HAD DETERIORATED SUFFICIENTLY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WRONG DECISIONS WITH ABSOLUTE CONVICTION.’
— Peter Ustinov
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