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Maxioms by Louis Auchincloss

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We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they read more

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.

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The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake read more

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.

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A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize read more

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

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Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

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Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

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