But dinner is dinner, a meal at which not so much to eat — it becomes difficult to eat much at it as you grow older — as to drink, to talk, to flirt,… - George Saintsbury

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But dinner is dinner, a meal at which not so much to eat — it becomes difficult to eat much at it as you grow older — as to drink, to talk, to flirt, to discuss, to rejoice "at the closing of the day". I do not think anything serious should be done after it, as nothing should before breakfast.

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About George Saintsbury

George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933) was a prolific and popular English historian and literary scholar.

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Birth Name: George Edward Bateman Saintsbury
Alternative Names: G. Sa
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