Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat. - Mary Renault - Quotesmemo.com

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Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.

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Mary Renault

Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.

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