“No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.”
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True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
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There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.
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They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.
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Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
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What is lovely never dies, put passes into other loveliness.
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