How Do You Persuade a Man Who Does Not Disagree?

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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges

That’s not writing, that’s typing. – Truman Capote (referring to the writing style of Jack Kerouac)

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are not good. – Samuel Johnson

The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. – John Selden

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard

You have not coverted a man because you have silenced him. – John Morley

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles. – Muriel Spark

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