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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. -

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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Substitute damn every time youre inclined to write very your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain

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When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. – Mark Twain

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No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. – Mark Twain

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The minds passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell. – Adrienne Rich

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Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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It is better to be looked over than overlooked. – Mae West

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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. – Thomas Hardy

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