Charles Dickens: Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of

Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with — Charles Dickens

Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving — HOW NOT TO DO IT.

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I have only an office here, and no opinion. — Friedrich Schiller
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Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi. — Jean de La Fontaine
L'homme d'entendement n'a rien perdu, s'il a soi-même. — Michel de Montaigne
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