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That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from
him the least time.
-- C.C. Colton, Lacon: Preface
You have reached the page for delving into my personal writings, where I try build upon,
interpret, make connections, and generally expose my take on "teachers," some of whom I link to
here and here. I hope
I do not put you to sleep. Again, please feel free to
send along your own
interpretations and thoughts. Oh, and how about a few more thoughts on writing. Cheers.
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The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship.
-- Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality
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To write and to live are very different. Many who praise virture do no more than
to praise it.
-- Johnson, Works (Vol. iii, p. 83, Hawkins, ed.)
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If the works of the great poets teach anything, it is to hold mere invention somewhat
cheap. It is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found, that
is of consequence.
-- J.R. Lowell, My Study Windows: Chaucer
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write;
a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
-- Samuel Johnson (Boswell, Life, 1775)
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No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
-- Samuel Johnson (Boswell, Life, 1776)
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