No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say i…

C. S. Lewis
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No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food. ✨ C.S. Lewis (2012). A Grief Observed, p.11, Faber & Faber
Notice how we are perpetually surprised at Time. ('How time flies! Fancy John being grown-up and married! I can hardly believe it!') In heavens name, why? Unless, indeed, there is something in us whi … ▶
Badness is only spoiled goodness. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Strike the bell and bide the danger, Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had. ✨ C. S. Lewis, Aurand Harris (1985). The Magician' … ▶
War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice.

No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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