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Baudelaire, Charles On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox. Baudelaire, Charles quotes
Chandler, Raymond The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas. Chandler, Raymond quotes
Schnitzler, Arthur Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. Schnitzler, Arthur quotes
Synge, J. M. Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. Synge, J. M. quotes
Smith, Sydney All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the driest bread of common life. Smith, Sydney quotes