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“a. Critics: people who make monuments out of books. b. Biographers: people who make books out of monuments. c. Poets: people who raze monuments. d. Publishers: people who sell rubble. e. Readers: people who buy it.”
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“All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.”
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“There's no healthy life possible without some sensual feeling between the husband and wife, but there's nothing in the world more awful than married life when it's the only common ground.”
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“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.”
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“I am always sorry to hear that such and such a person is going to school to be educated. This is a great mistake. If the person is to get the benefit of what we call education, he must educate himself, under the direction of the teacher.”
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“... audacity is of all qualities the most youthful.”
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“You will soon find that your joy in your home is growing, and that you have a source of happiness within yourself that you had not suspected.”
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“Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind ... Rather, think of it as taking an opportunity to improve something you already love.”