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Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.

— John P. Marquand The Late George Apley (1937)

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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

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Some day you will know that there is a beauty of the soul that is more important than worldly beauty. Remember this when you see worldly beauty.

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I wonder whether you know exactly what marriage means. It is, my boy, a damnably serious business, particularly around Boston.

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Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion and from the knowledge that one has done the right thing and has stood by one’s convictions.

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There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years. This is a time of life when a solicitous family does well to watch affectionately over the vagaries of its unattached relatives, particularly of those who are comfortably off.

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