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 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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The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. – Samuel Butler

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My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin. – Karl Kraus

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An author plants the alphabet — and harvests flowers, nourishment, and weeds. – Terri Guillemets

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Caress your phrase tenderly: it will end by smiling at you. – Anatole France

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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