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Writer, born thursday april 3, 1783 in Manhattan, New York (United States), died monday november 28, 1859 in Sunnyside, Irvington, New York (United States)
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Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius would overstock the world, and the mind would be completely bewildered in the endless mazes of literature.
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    There's nothing like being in fashion. A man that has once got his character up for a wit is always sure of a laugh, say what he may. He may utter as much nonsense as he pleases, and all will pass current. No one stops to question the coin of a rich man; but a poor devil cannot pass off either a joke or a guinea without its being examined on both sides. Wit and coin are always doubted with a threadbare coat.
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      He never speak about love, but there is a way to express silence as more eloquent than word and to communicate mysteriously and overwhelmingly the idea of the love. The lightning bolt of the eyes, the tone of the voice, the thousand tendernesses that emanate from every word, from every look, every gesture...Here is the true oratory of the heart, that it can be felt and always comprised, but never described.
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