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> [Were I to deduce any system from my feelings on leaving Eton, it might be called The Theory of Permanent Adolescence. It is the theory that the experiences undergone by boys at the great public schools, their glories and disappointments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-connolly/were-i-to-deduce-any-system-from-my-feelings-on-leaving-eton-it-might/)

[Cyril Connolly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-connolly/)

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> [We all know by theory that there is no permanent happiness in this life: But the weight of the precept is not felt in the same manner as when it is confirmed to us by a heavy calamity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-richardson/we-all-know-by-theory-that-there-is-no-permanent-happiness-in-this/)

[Samuel Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-richardson/)

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