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03da50f Write to the mind and heart, and let the earGlean after what it can. Authors
d9675ca And force them, though it was in spiteOf Nature and their stars, to write. Authors
c38b21c And hold up to the sun my little taper. Authors
24c9fc0 A man may write at any time if he set himself doggedly to it. Authors
22b1e5f No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. Authors
c2f99fa It is the rust we value, not the gold;Authors, like coins, grow dear, as they grow old. Authors
bae8650 Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true,But are not critics to their judgment too? Authors
d14625f In every work regard the writer's end,Since none can compass more than they intend. Authors
f8d1ce4 In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. Authors
41918ff This dull product of a scoffer's pen. Authors
d0fdb50 For who can write so fast as men run mad? Authors
787c164 And then, exulting in their taper, cry, "Behold the Sun;" and, Indian-like, adore. Authors
93a3a05 Apt Alliteration's artful aid. Authors
b30282c None but an author knows an author's cares,Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears. Authors
e05c587 Smelling of the lamp. Authors
a687854 And choose an author as you choose a friend. Authors
d246331 When I want to read a book I write one. Authors
cd0a8c0 All writing comes by the grace of God, and all doing and having. Authors
f91f282 The lover of letters loves power too. Authors
8da1ddf Like his that lights a candle to the sun. Authors
1bb7a7c Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse. Authors
99849fa Written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. Authors
9ee5c50 The chief' glory of every people arises from its authors. Authors
9792641 Damn the age; I will write for Antiquity. Authors
0c1ac90 If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy. Authors
a8917e4 Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait! Authors
a15e9d7 Look, then, into thine heart and write! Authors
97d75a1 Jack writes severe lampoons on me, 'tis said--But he writes nothing, who is never read. Authors
dcbdb85 The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. Authors
227cb46 To write upon all is an author's sole chanceFor attaining, at last, the least knowledge of any. Authors
7f69809 E'en copious Dryden wanted, or forgot,The last and greatest art--the art to blot. Authors
d4ce185 Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;So may he cease to write, and learn to think. Authors
378003f 'Tis not how well an author says,But 'tis how much, that gathers praise. Authors
5c0c9f1 As though I lived to write, and wrote to live. Authors
c483ee9 Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. Authors
783efad Of all those arts in which the wise excel,Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. Authors
4b5d353 Look in thy heart and write. Authors
0d2d3de What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things? Authors
7226b51 So must the writer, whose productions shouldTake with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. Authors
dbd0d36 Smooth verse, inspired by no unlettered Muse. Authors