The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, But the harvest is reaped in age by pain.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.
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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
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Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship and when they hear us praised by others will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
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