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Now the world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
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Now the world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.
Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way.
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