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The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing --to let the mind be a...
Many have original minds who do not think it -- they are led away by custom.
Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is...
There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify -- so that among these human creatures there is...
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic...
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree,...
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.
Source:...
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Source: In...
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent.
When you talk to the half-wise, twaddle; when you talk to the ignorant, brag; when you talk to the sagacious, look...
If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or...
It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...
God forgives those who invent what they need.
Source: The Little Foxes, 1939.
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Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
Source: Julian, in Toys...
Genius has somewhat of the infantine; But of the childish not a touch or taint.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
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Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
Source: A Death in the Desert.
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And gain is gain, however small.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was...