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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.

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All the power is with the sex that wears the beard.
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Beard Discrimination Power Sex
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
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Difficult Obstacle Powerful Virtue
That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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Fine Myself Understand Word
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn’t rule in love, you know.
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Day Love Reason Rule Yourself
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
Anyone may be an honorable man, and yet write verse badly.
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Bad Honor Man Poet Writing
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Error Small
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
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Couple Perfection Sense Sober Wisdom
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.
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Medicine Money Trade Yourself
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.
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Honest Live Man Passion Worth
The great ambition of women is to inspire love.
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Ambition Greatness Love Woman
There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.
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Action Heart Ourselves Secret
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.
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Gratitude Heaven True Way

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.

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