"Invitation is the sincerest flattery."
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"Contentment is the result of a limited imagination."
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"When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream of paper. When the candy is all gone and the paper all used up, I know that the book is long enough."
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"Patriotism covers a multitude of sins."
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"One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering."
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"I hate to do what everybody else is doing. Why, only last week, on Fifth Avenue and some cross streets, I noticed that every feminine citizen of these United States wore an artificial posy on her coat or gown. I came home and ripped off every one of the really lovely refrigerator blossoms that were sewn on my own bodices."
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"Society's the mother of convention."
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"Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out."
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"To make a library It takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will do If logs are few."
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"It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't."
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"musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves."
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"At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature."
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"A profit is not without honor save in Boston."
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"I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no bookin my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson's."
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"... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books."
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"To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire."
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"I'm just the same age I've always been."
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