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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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Book Marvelous
Its as if you think you’d never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined.
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Reason Sacred Thinking
At least it’s better to be married than to be dead.
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Better Death Marriage
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
You are my peace, my solace, my salvation.
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Peace Salvation Yourself
Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.
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Age Solitude Soul
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
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Deserve Fortune Goodness Hope
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
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Death Ourselves
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
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Change Clothes Current Follow Man Taste
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
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Fine Goodness Live Soup Word
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Errors Small
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
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Avoid Extreme Perfection Reason
You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?
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Marriage Pleasure Thinking Yourself
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
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Devil Live People Poor World Writing

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