It needs to realize that what happens to everyone—bad and good alike—is neither good nor bad. (Hays translation) Book IV
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. Northanger Abbey
Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! Animal Farm
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. The Critic as Artist
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