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Earnest People Are Often People Who Habitually Look On The Serious Side Of Things That Have No Serious Side.

No One Is Fit To Judge A Book Until He Has Rounded Cape Horn In A Sailing Vessel, Until He Has Bumped Into Two Or Three Icebergs, Until He Has Been Lost In The Sands Of The Desert, Until He Has Spent A Few Years In The House Of The Dead.

If Men Were Basically Evil, Who Would Bother To Improve The World Instead Of Giving It Up As A Bad Job At The Outset?

As Against Having Beautiful Workshops, Studies, Etc., One Writes Best In A Cellar On A Rainy Day.

Those Of Our Writers Who Have Possessed A Vivid Personal Talent Have Been Paralyzed By A Want Of Social Background.