Quote by Samuel Butler
When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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Media
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Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. – Samuel Butler

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Music
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. – Samuel Butler

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Health
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When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Writing

Writing is both mask and unveiling. – E.B. White

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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Writing
[G]usto thrives on freedom, and freedom in art, as in life, is the result of a discipline imposed by ourselves. Moreover, any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. – Marianne Moore (1887–1972), lecture, 1948

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Writing

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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry. – Jack Herer

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My relationship to gravity is permanently altered. – Steven Jesse Bernstein

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