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Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a...
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What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man seeks is...
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The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is...
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Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is ‘look under foot.’ You are...
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the...
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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...
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That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
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…One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape...
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.