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English short-story Writer, Novelist and Playwright, 1874-1965
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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Love is only the dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Tolerance is another word for indifference.”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.”

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quote“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life.”
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