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The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.
The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life.
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.
No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Life is a progress from one stage to another.
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading.
A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.
I am not a great philosopher, but I am a great reader.
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