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Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
