Even after making up one's mind to the sacrifices Ihad decided upon, there is always left a trace of envyfor those who have triumphed in the melancholystruggle for literary supremacy

Paul Bourget
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  1. At certain moments, words are nothing; it is thetone in which they are uttered.
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