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> [To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/to-write-for-a-living-according-to-mr-whipple-is-coquetting-with/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

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## More by Francis Alexander Durivage

> [How much of love lies buried in dusty graves!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/how-much-of-love-lies-buried-in-dusty-graves/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [There are some professed Christians who would gladly burn their enemies, but yet who forgive them merely because it is heaping coals of fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/there-are-some-professed-christians-who-would-gladly-burn-their/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/if-you-tell-a-woman-she-is-beautiful-whisper-it-softly-for-if-the/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [The highest art is artlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/the-highest-art-is-artlessness/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/the-ignorant-ever-shun-and-dread-the-gifted-and-enlightened/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/to-write-for-a-living-according-to-mr-whipple-is-coquetting-with/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/real-merit-requires-as-much-labor-to-be-placed-in-a-true-light-as/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

> [The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-alexander-durivage/the-diamond-of-character-is-revealed-by-the-concussion-of-misfortune/)

[Francis Alexander Durivage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-alexander-durivage/)

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