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The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them.


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Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.



What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.



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