We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.

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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

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It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.

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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

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There will always be one who loves, and one who lets himself be loved.

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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

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