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Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury (September 7, 1932 November 27, 2000) was a British author and academic..

"Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly."

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"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments -- we'd have the Ten Suggestions."

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"The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth."

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"I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world."

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"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."

Bradbury, Malcolm on books - reading
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