A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent idealsthat is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.
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It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.
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