More from in 'Philistine' December 1909, often attributed to Frank Ward O'Malley
- Falling in love is the beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion; and in its larger sense is the one thingin life worth doing.
- Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.
- Never Explain–your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.
- Whom the Gods love die young no matter how long they live.
- Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.
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