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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of...
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Never fight an inanimate object.
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Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason...
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Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
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The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced...
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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to...
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow,...
Quote #2284
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is...
Quote #8764
Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It...