Commonplace Book

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The Kymin pleasure grounds provide stunning views over Monmouth to the mountains beyond.[/caption]

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‘I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.’
— Horatio Nelson

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‘How wonderful it must have been for the Ancient Britons,” my mother said once, “when the Romans arrived and they could have a hot bath.’
— Katherine Whitehorn

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‘I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else—I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.’
— Elizabeth II

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‘What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?’
— George Bernard Shaw