• You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

  Horace
  Roman poet
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. admiration
2. content
3. readers
4. choice
5. crowd

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You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers. by : Horace

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