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"It is not a fragrant world."
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"The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?"
"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich."
"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."
"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"The verdict of the world is conclusive."
"We live in an instant-coffee world. Sometimes real-world solutions take a little longer."
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"The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas."
"I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it."
"At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable."
"The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication."
"An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence."
"From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away."
"The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers."
"Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic."
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