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"Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation."

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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

— Lord Byron

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I have nothing to say about my childhood. It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing - it's not like it was unhappy or anything.

— Graham Norton

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