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A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored read more
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
