The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasis of affirmation, until at last "everybody says so," and then it is undeniable. — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
As success converts treason into legitimacy, so belief converts fiction into fact, and "nothing is but what is not. — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
Of all the many and (thanks to a free press) the ever-multiplying blessings attendant upon the "glorious constitution" of literature, not the least precious… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
For more than twenty years he [Blanchard] toiled on through the most fatiguing paths of literary composition, mostly in periodicals, often anonymously; pleasing and… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
Perhaps the author cited is one of those, who, shunning the practice of the world, have taught the world to shun return! whose poetry… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
So, in our wisdom and fair justice we go on - "Giving to dust that is a little gilt, More laud than gold e'er… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
For the author there is nothing but his pen, till that and life are worn to the stump: and then, with good fortune, perhaps… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
What if two negatives make an affirmative ...does it follow that two nobodies shall be some body? — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
We feel bound to be punctual and conscientious with those we are indifferent about; while we can afford at any time, on the frostiest… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an age so… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
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