Matthew Arnold was a fastidious social critic and hence an accomplished complainer. When he died, an acquaintance said: "Poor Matt, he's going to Heaven, no doubt — but he won't like God.

George F. Will
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  3. Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.

  4. There may be arrogance — and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.

  5. People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.

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