Why was I born with such contemporaries?
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
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I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself you rise from the table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days.
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