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Quote by Samuel Butler
Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for b

Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. – Samuel Butler

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A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler

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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler

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January, month of empty pockets! Let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producers forehead. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Summer breeze, light fluffy clouds… Mother Nature has a canvas for every season. – Terri Guillemets

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