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La dame aux camélias

by Alexandre Dumas fils

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“...today people use as many words as they can and think themselves very wise for doing so. For always remember that while it is wrong to use too few, it is often far worse to use too many.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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“... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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“Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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“For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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“as long as the answer is right, who cares if the question is wrong? If you want sense, you’ll have to make it yourself.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

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