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The Sot-Weed Factor (1960)
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All men are loyal, but their objects of allegiance are at best approximate.
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'Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and o'erlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and lay open the soul of the doer.
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Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts now and again like pimples on an angel's arse?
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A man's most useful friend and fearsome foe is the poet.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
John Barth
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May 27, 1930
Died:
April 2, 2024
(aged 93)
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