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There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Unfortunately sometimes one can’t do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
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You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers.
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