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"All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose."
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"The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story."
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"I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James."
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"I'm a better polemicist in prose."
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"With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed."
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"In true prose everything must be underlined."
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"All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose."
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"The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes."
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"A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose."
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"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."
Folk
"It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
Public
"The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."
Trees
"I feed on good soup, not beautiful language."
Language
"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."
Men
"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
May
"The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself."
Love
"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."
Talk
"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing."
History
"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Money
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