"That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it."

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That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.

— Charles Caleb Colton