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“Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.”

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of one's family and friends and lastly, the solid cash.

Family

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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Smile

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Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time

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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

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