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The public is a ferocious beast — one must either chain it up or...
Quote #3505
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest...
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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and...
Quote #23578
All art is but imitation of nature.
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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects...
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What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for...
Quote #22112
Use, do not abuse neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
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No one ever promised that the fastest horse in the race was the easiest...
Quote #32611
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.