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Age whitens hairs, but not sin.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
No woman dares express all she thinks.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
Rage is a short-lived fury.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)
The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, “Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.”
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical (1917)