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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous...

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about quiet

Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire. For this reason, ...

Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire. For this reason, it is not at all uncommon for aircraft carriers to be known as bomb magnets.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, aircraft, reason, fire, fire brigade

Don't be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws fire....

Don't be conspicuous. In the combat zone, it draws fire. Out of the combat zone, it draws sergeants.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, fire, fire brigade

Don't look conspicuous - it antagonizes officers.

Don't look conspicuous - it antagonizes officers.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police

Art and poetry, philosophy and the religious life, and that other life of refined pleasure and action in the conspicuous places of the world, are each of them confined to its own circle of ideas, and those who prosecute either of them are...

Quote by Walter Pater about art, philosophy, action, pleasure, poetry, life, magic, world

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