Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant,...

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant,...