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- Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the…
- The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good…
- People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
- When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will…
- Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to…
- Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
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