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"Im a man more dined against than dining."
Maurice BowraCant help you. Pity. Slept with him once—should have asked him then. — Maurice Bowra
"Cant help you. Pity. Slept with him once—should have asked him then."
Maurice Bowra
Maurice Bowra
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Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra, was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
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