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We Ought Always To Conform To The Manners Of The Greater Number, And So Behave As Not To Draw Attention To Ourselves. Excess Either Way Shocks, And Every Man Truly Wise Ought To Attend To This In His Dress As Well As Language, Never To Be Affected In Anything And Follow Without Being In Too Great Haste The Changes Of Fashion.

Isn't The Greatest Rule Of All The Rules Simply To Please?

The Scandal Of The World Is What Makes The Offence; It Is Not Sinful To Sin In Silence.

The Maturing Process Of Becoming A Writer Is Akin To That Of A Harlot. First You Do It For Love, Then For A Few Friends, And Finally Only For Money.

One Can Be Well-bred And Write Bad Poetry