"Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts."

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"Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts."

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"I had rather that the human race, having a certain quality in their lives, should continue for only a few centuries than that, losing freedom, friendship, dignity, and mercy, and learning to be quite content without them, they should continue for millions of millennia."

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"Pain does not differentiate between rich and poor or Christian and Buddhist. It brings the same feelings to everyone."

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"Show that you care and share with those who are in need."

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"Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value."

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"I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them."

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"Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market."

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