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There Was A Time When The World Acted On Books; Now Books Act On The World.

If Fortune Wishes To Make A Man Estimable, She Gives Him Virtues; If She Wishes To Make Him Esteemed, She Gives Him Success.

Never Write Anything That Does Not Give You Great Pleasure. Emotion Is Easily Transferred From The Writer To The Reader.

Fate And Necessity Are Unconquerable.

Beautiful Works Do Not Intoxicate, But They Enchant.