“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
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When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
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The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
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I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
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I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.
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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.
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