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Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not...
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All art is an imitation of nature.
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The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.
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It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we...
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Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think...
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There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is...
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Love is friendship set on fire.
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We don’t love qualities, we love persons sometimes by reason of their defects as...