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"Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed."
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"All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand."

"It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public."

"The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected."

"In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of."
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"Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite."

"Be sincere to nobody else, but yourself."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"The man who is not 'sincere' to others is not 'sincere' to his own self!"

"It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere."

"When you do your works sincerely, you put wings to your works and then they will fly all over the world on their own!"

"We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity."
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