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A. A. Milne

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Alan Alexander Milne ( ; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed his previous work. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second World War.

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Quotes from A. A. Milne

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

—A. A. Milne

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.

—A. A. Milne

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

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If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

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For one person who dreams of making fifty thousand pounds, a hundred people dream of being left fifty thousand pounds.

—A. A. Milne