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A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.

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Every invalid is a prisoner.

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I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

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Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.

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Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

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