The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected at first, though very palatable to those who had courage to taste it; resisted as it encroached; abused as its popularity seemed to spread; and…

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Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

A good quotation gets out the mental screwdriver and adjusts the setscrew

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

Seeing quotes and thinking, oh thank god im not the only one!

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing...

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.