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The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order t

The greatest part of a writers time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. – Samuel Johnson

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The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson

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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. – Samuel Johnson

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You cannot run away from weakness you must some time fight it out or perish and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? – Robert Louis Stevenson

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If you arent good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since youll resent the time and energy you give another person that you arent even giving to yourself. – Barbara de Angelis

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