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" The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. "

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" One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. "

" An artist cannot do anything slovenly. "

" One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best. "

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" Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like. "

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