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  • A sure sign of an amateur is too much detail to compensate for too little life.

    -Wilson
    In the Times Literary Supplement,18  Jun.

  • In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

    - Robert von Ranke Graves
      Occupation: Writer,'Lars Porsena'.

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