"Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore."
-Stendhal
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"The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water."
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"If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured."
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