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The Snake Pit (1946)
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Any writer knows he has to pay for his compliments. As soon as he has said, Why, thank you, that's very generous of you, the other person clears his throat and dives into his own writing experiences.
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Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might send an insane person back to sanity.
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But you do not think much about the stars. They are always there. Look at them when you have a moment.
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When there's more sick ones than well ones, by golly the sick ones will lock the well ones up.
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You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
Joshua Reynolds
Mary Jane Ward
Born:
August 27, 1905
Died:
February 17, 1981
(aged 75)
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