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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience
Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live!
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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