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Quote by Robert Benchley
The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a sta

The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest. – Robert Benchley

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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with its just compounding the felony. – Robert Benchley

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The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. – Aharon Appelfeld

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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The literary man must needs be a thinking one, and every day he lives he becomes wiser—if wiser, then better—if better, then happier. – Charles Lanman, “Thoughts on Literature,” 1840

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