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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

Moliere

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
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Love Money Prostitution Writing Yourself
We are easily duped by those we love.
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Easy Heart Love
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
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Dance Man One Liner
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
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Fruit Growth Slow Tree
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.
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Knowledge Known
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
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Cook Food Himself World
One can be well-bred and write bad poetry.
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Bad Oneself Poetry Writing
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn’t show it to everybody.
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Chance Myself Show Writing
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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Love Maturity Money Process Writing
Books and marriage go ill together.
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Book Marriage Sick
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
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Direct Error Haste Reason
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Home Lover Stand
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
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Alive Food Goodness Myself
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave’s a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.
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Embrace Honor Myself Place Preserve Worm

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.

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