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No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A...
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A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
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Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and...
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Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other,...
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A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble right at his...
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever...
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An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider...
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My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author...
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Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections so shalt thou discover the...