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Making Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
- Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable.
- Logic is the art of making truth prevail.
- Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.
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