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Advice given to an aspiring writer.

— Charles Reade Attributed

Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.

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Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.

The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it?

The Cloister and the Hearth (1861)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Put Yourself in His Place (1870)

In players, vanity cripples art at every step.

Peg Woffington (1853)

What young woman is not, more or less, a mirror?

Christie Johnstone (1853)

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A man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure — critics are ready-made.

Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809)

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.

Aldous Huxley Point Counter Point (1928)

Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.

George Chapman The Gentleman Usher (1606)

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