Behave Quote by Simon Raven

“Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.”

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How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football pool.

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Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948.

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... life is short and the world is wide

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Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.

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Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.

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“Dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.”

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Christ asked for everything he got.

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You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.

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For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it. ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as…

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Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.

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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

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Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

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What astonishes many of us is not so much that human nature is fundamentally corrupt; we are astonished rather that it does not behave…

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Do we behave out of fear of punishment, or out of the demands of our heart? For me, it is the latter, as I would hope is true for all adults, thought I know from bitter experience that such is not often the case. To act in a manner designed to catapult you into heaven would seem transparent to a…

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