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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

W. Somerset Maugham

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Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.
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