“Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because they have learnt to enjoy simple things like covert malice at one another’s expense. This is why they talk so much about the value of human understanding and sympathy. It has a certain rarity value in their world.” — Celia Green, Advice to Clever Children
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https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/quote-of-the-day-5423/

“The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.” — Celia Green, The Decline and Fall of Science
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https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/quote-of-the-day-5389/

“In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is lucky to escape with his life.” — Celia Green, The Decline and Fall of Science
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https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/quote-of-the-day-5332/