Bernard De Voto

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

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